Smti Sangeeta Talukdar v. State of Assam

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2024:GAU-AS:12261

THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : AB/2312/2024 SMTI SANGEETA TALUKDAR D/O KSHITENDRA TALUKDAR, R/O NO. 4 PANERI, P.O.-PANERI, P.S.- PANERI, DIST-UDALGURI, ASSAM, PIN-784523 VERSUS STATE OF ASSAM REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, ASSAM Advocate for the Petitioner : MR. S MITRA, MR S.MITRA,MR. R. RAMEEZ,MR A K BORO Advocate for the Respondent : PP, ASSAM,

BEFORE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANASH RANJAN PATHAK

04/12/2024 Heard Mr. S Mitra, learned counsel for the petitioner and Ms. N Das, learned Additional Public Prosecutor, Assam for the State.

¶2The petitioner, namely, Smti. Sangeeta Talukdar, daughter of Kshitendra Talukdar, resident of No. 4 Paneri, P.S. Paneri, District-Udalguri, has filed this application under Section 482 of BNSS, 2023, seeking pre-arrest bail apprehending her arrest in Crime Branch P.S. Case No. 10/2024 registered under Sections 420/406/294/506 IPC, 1860 corresponding to G.R. No. 4762/2024.

¶3Perused the case diary placed before the Court by Ms. Das, learned Additional Public Prosecutor, Assam Page No.# 2/2

¶4Petitioner is a named accused in said Crime Branch P.S. Case No. 10/2024 registered under Sections 420/406/294/506 IPC.

¶5Pursuant to the earlier order dated 13.11.2024, Ms. Das, learned Additional Public Prosecutor, Assam from the case diary submitted that the petitioner appeared before the concerned Investigating Officer of Crime Branch P.S. Case No. 10/2024 and her statement has already been recorded.

¶6Ms. Das, learned Additional Public Prosecutor, Assam from the case diary also submitted that the petitioner is co-operating with the investigation of the case. Further, from the case diary, Ms. Das also submitted that the arrested co-accused of the case in their statements before the Investigating Officer submitted that they took help of the petitioner in receiving certificates which they used for their gain.

¶7Considering the materials available in the case diary, the Court is of the view that custodial detention of the petitioner, named above, is not warranted to investigate the said Crime Branch P.S. Case No. 10/2024. As such, this pre-arrest bail application of the petitioner is accepted.

¶8The petitioner, namely, Smti. Sangeeta Talukdar is already on interim bail in said Crime Branch P.S. Case No. 10/2024 granted to her earlier by this Court on 13.11.2024 and the same is hereby made absolute, subject to the full compliance of the terms and conditions as specified in the said order dated 13.11.2024.

¶9Violation of any of the terms and conditions as specified in the said order dated 13.11.2024, noted above, the pre-arrest bail granted to the petitioner in said Crime Branch P.S. Case No. 10/2024 shall stand automatically vacated.

¶10Accordingly, this pre-arrest bail application stands allowed to the extent above.

¶11Return the case diary.

JUDGE Comparing Assistant