Jahanggir Alam @ Jahangir Alom v. The State of Assam

ORDER Date : 12-06-2024

Heard Mr. H. Das, learned counsel for the petitioner Jahanggir Alam @ Jahangir Alom.

¶2The petitioner has filed this application under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 with a prayer for pre-arrest bail as he is apprehending arrest in connection with Lakhipur Police Station Case No. 110/2024 under Page No.# 2/3 Sections 341/342/392/386/314/506 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (G.R. Case No. 368/2024).

¶3Also heard Mr. R.R. Kaushik, learned Additional Public Prosecutor, Assam for the respondent State.

¶4The allegation against the petitioner is that he has robbed the informant who was transporting 60 bags of supari in his vehicle. The petitioner along with his companions with their face covered took the informant and his driver to some secret place and thereafter, looted Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) from the informant and his companion along with two mobile phones and supari of the informant and his companion.

¶5An FIR was lodged by the informant and investigation commenced. During investigation, the looted supari, which had their seal were recovered from Saiful Islam's possession. The informant recognized the supari from the seal put by him in the brown bags of suparis and during investigation it was unearthed that the present petitioner is the miscreant who committed the robbery and handed over the supari to Saiful Islam, who deals in supari.

¶6The learned Additional Public Prosecutor has raised serious objection stating there are incriminating materials in the Case Diary against the petitioner.

¶7I have scrutinized the Case Diary.

¶8Indeed there are incriminating materials in the Case Diary against the petitioner.

¶9At this juncture, there appears to be no justified ground to grant the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

¶10Petition stands rejected at this stage. Page No.# 3/3

¶11In the above terms, this Anticipatory Bail application stands dismissed.

¶12Send back the Case Diary.

JUDGE Comparing Assistant

Page No.# 1/3 GAHC010107882024 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : AB/1431/2024 JAHANGGIR ALAM @ JAHANGIR ALOM S/O CHORAMAN ALI, R/O VILL- KHATHURI, P.S.-LAKHIPUR, DIST- GOALPARA, ASSAM VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, ASSAM Advocate for the Petitioner : MR H DAS Advocate for the Respondent : PP, ASSAM BEFORE HONOURABLE MRS. JUSTICE SUSMITA PHUKAN KHAUND