GUWAHATI, India, March 18 -- Gauhati High Court issued the following order on March 17:

1. Heard Mr. N. N. Upadhyaya, the learned Counsel appearing for the Accused Applicant. Also heard Mr. R. J. Barua, the learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State Respondent.

2. This is an application filed under section 483 of the BNSS, 2023 praying for granting of bail to the Accused Applicant in connection with Lumding P.S. Case No 94/2025 u/s 118(I)/121(I)/109(I) of BNS, 2023 read with 21(C)/27(A)/29 of the NDPS Act, 1985 registered against the Accused Applicant and two other Accused persons, pending in the Court of the Learned Special Judge, Hojai as Special (NDPS) Case No. 580/2025.

3. The prosecution's case in brief is that on 01.08.2025 during a routine naka checking, one white couloured Maruti Swift vehicle bearing registration no. AS 01 DT 9634, coming from Lumding side towards Lanka while trying to escape the police in a very high speed, lost control and met with an accident by colliding with a traffic post on the side of the road, NH 27, Natun Basti under Lumding Police Station. Police party reached the spot but seeing police, the accused applicant with the help of an iron rod exited from the rear side of the vehicle and tried to escape. However, SI Ranjit Buragohain chased him and after running some distance, the accused applicant fell down. He tried to escape again by attacking the aforesaid Ranjit Buragohain but Ranjit Buragohain overpowered him. The accused applicant then disclosed that there are drugs consignments in the vehicle. The informant, Ranjit Buragohain immediately informed the CDSP, Lumding and rushed to the vehicle where he found the other two co-accused who had suffered minor injuries were moaning with pain. They were identified as Md. Sabir Hussain and Rashmita Begum. On search, as intimated by the Accused Applicant, a bag containing 24 nos. of soap boxes containing suspected heroin were recovered from the vehicle. Net weight of the suspected heroin was found to be 284.64 grams without the soap boxes (including the PP transparent packets). Accordingly, an FIR was lodged before the Officer-in-Charge, Lumding PS, Lumding, Hojai. The Accused Applicant and the other two co-accused persons were arrested on the same day, i.e. on 01.08.2025.

4. After receipt of the FIR, police registered Lumding PS case no. 94/2025 under the aforementioned sections against the three accused persons, including the Accused Applicant.

5. After completion of the investigation, police filed the Charge Sheet, vide Charge Sheet No. 122/25 dated 30.09.2025 against the accused persons u/s 118(I)/121(I)/109(I) of BNS, 2023 read with 21(C)/27(A)/29 of the NDPS Act, 1985.

*Rest of the document can be viewed at: (https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/ecourtindiaHC/cases/display_pdf.php?filename=A9S7c5LDIsB6RXaCf816x3UNDv%2FzgD8zYVdba9oF8SvV0l3pe51%2F28MtvRqB7E7t&caseno=Bail%20Appln./3571/2025&cCode=1&cino=GAHC010242722025&state_code=6&appFlag=)

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