Page No.# 1/3 GAHC010130072026 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : AB/1401/2026 DR SAURABH CHANDRA SON OF SRI CHANDRADEO SHARMA RESIDENT OF FACULTY QTR NO 1 ASSAM DON BOSCO UNIVERSITY TAPESIA CAMPUS KAMARKUCHI SONAPUR GUWAHATI EAST ASSAM VERSUS STATE OF ASSAM REPRESENTED BY THE PP, ASSAM Advocate for the Petitioner : MR. S C KEYAL, P HAZARIKA,KAUSHIK JAIN Advocate for the Respondent : PP, ASSAM, BEFORE HONOURABLE MRS. JUSTICE SUSMITA PHUKAN KHAUND ORDER Date : 22-07-2026 Heard Mr. S.C. Keyal, learned Senior counsel for the accused applicant. Also heard Mr. M.P. Goswami, learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the State of Assam. Page No.# 2/3 2. This is an application under Section 482 of the BNSS, 2023 whereby the accused applicant, Dr. Saurabh Chandra is seeking Anticipatory Bail apprehending arrest in connection with an FIR, which is registered as Sonapur Police Station case No. 0067/2026 registered under Sections 75(2)/76/61(2)/3(5)/249 (c) of BNS, 2023. 3. It is submitted by Mr. S.C. Keyal, learned Senior Advocate that the accused applicant was serving as Head of the Department, Public Administration, Assam, Don Bosco University, Tapesia Campus, Sonapur, Assam and there were certain allegations against him made by one of the student of the aforesaid University and thereafter, the petitioner was suspended. He submits that the petitioner had to be rescued from the University due to the volatile situation from the university and at present the petitioner is having serious apprehension of his arrest. He further submits that the petitioner has participated before the Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) of Don Bosco University and he has already replied to the show-cause notice issued by the Don Bosco University. Since he has been participating and co-operating with the enquiry that has been conducted by the Don Bosco University, and he is willing to co-operate with the investigation, he should be allowed to go on pre-arrest bail. 4. Learned Additional Public Prosecutor has raised serious objection stating that there are incriminating materials in the Case Diary against the petitioner. The statement of the witnesses under Section 181/183 BNSS clearly implicates the petitioner. 5. I have also scrutinized the Case Diary. Indeed there are incriminating materials in the Case Diary against the petitioner. I have considered the Page No.# 3/3 submissions on behalf of the petitioner that the petitioner has appeared before the Investigating Officer and has cooperated with the investigation. It is also submitted that the petitioner has been suspended and he has not been reinstated. The Internal Complaint Committee has exonerated the petitioner and has submitted the final report. 6. It is also submitted that the petitioner has not violated any bail conditions and he is willing to cooperate with the remaining part of the investigation. 7. In view of the foregoing discussions, the order dated 30.06.2026 is hereby made absolute under the same terms and conditions, except the condition No. 2. 8. In terms of the above observation, this Anticipatory Bail application stands disposed of. 9. Send back the Case Diary. JUDGE Comparing Assistant