Ruksana Begum and 3 Ors v. The State of Assam

ORDER Date : 29.11.2023

Heard Mr. S. Munir, learned counsel for the petitioners. Also heard Mr. B.B. Gogoi, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. This is an application made under Section 439 Cr.P.C., seeking bail by the accused-petitioners, namely, (1) Ruksana Begum (2) Nomita Begum (3) Asha Das (4) Tara Begum, in connection with Panbazar P.S. Case No. 275/2023, registered under Section 21(b)/27/29 of NDPS Act. It has been submitted by the learned counsel for the accused-petitioners that the accused-petitioners have been detained in custody since 16.10.2023. It is also submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners that 11.50 gm of suspected heroin was recovered at parking place in front of Guwahati Railway Station. It is not specifically mentioned from whom the said contraband was seized, altogether 12 persons have been arrested in connection with this case. It is further submitted that the petitioners are the women and the petitioner No. 1 has a baby aged about 3 years. Considering the period of detention as well as the nature of offence, the petitioners may be enlarged on bail. In response, Mr. Gogoi, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State Page No.# 3/4 vehemently opposed in granting bail to the petitioners. It is submitted that the investigation is still going on, so that at this stage, bail may not be granted to the petitioners. I have considered the submissions made by the learned counsel for the parties. I have also perused the case diary. It appears that no where it is reflected from whom the suspected heroin was recovered. Considering the nature of the offence as well as the length of detention of the accused-petitioners in custody, the accused-petitioners, named above, shall be released on bail in connection with Panbazar P.S. Case No. 275/2023, registered under Section 21(b)/27/29 of NDPS Act, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.50,000/- each with two suitable sureties each of the like amount out of which one of the sureties should be a Government employee, to the satisfaction of learned Special Judge(NDPS), Kamrup(M), Guwahati. The direction for bail is further subject to the conditions that the accused-petitioners:

(a) shall not leave the territorial jurisdiction of learned Special Judge(NDPS), Kamrup(M), Guwahati, without prior written permission from him/her;

(b) shall not hamper with the investigation, or tamper with the evidence of the case;

(c) shall not, directly or indirectly, make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade him from disclosing such facts to the Court or to any police officer. In terms of the above, this bail application stands disposed of. Return the case diary.

Page No.# 4/4 JUDGE Comparing Assistant

PageoNo.#o1/4 GAHC010260182023 ooooooo ooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooooTHEoGAUHATIoHIGHoCOURTo (HIGHoCOURToOFoASSAM,oNAGALAND,oMIZORAMoANDoARUNACHALoPRADESH)o CaseoNo.o:oBailoAppln./4196/2023o RUKSANAoBEGUMoANDo3oORSo W/OoAMIRoHUSSAINo R/OoVILPUKHURIoTINALIo P.S.oCHANDMARIo DIST.oKAMRUPo(M),oASSAM 2:oNOMITAoBEGUM oW/OoLATEoBABULoALIo R/OoNIJORAPARo P.S.oNOONMATIo DIST.oKAMRUPo(M) oASSAM 3:oASHAoDAS oW/OoRANJIToDASo R/OoRAILWAYoCOLONYo KALIBARI oP.S.oLATASILo DIST.oKAMRUPo(M) oASSAM 4:oTARAoBEGUM oW/OoJAYSARoALIo R/OoDHUBRI o P.S.oGOURIPURo DIST.oDHUBRI oASSAMo oPRESENTLYoRESIDINoAToNOONMATIo NIZORAPAR oP.S.oNOONMATI o DIST.oKAMRUPo(M) oASSAo Page No.# 2/4 VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM REP. BY THE PP, ASSAM Advocate for the Petitioner : MR. C K NATH Advocate for the Respondent : PP, ASSAM BEFORE HONOURABLE MRS. JUSTICE MALASRI NANDI