Gauhati High Court
Bail Appln./2717/2026 of SULTAN ALI ALIAS SULEIMAN ALI Vs THE STATE OF ASSAM on 14 September 2026
GAHC010196772026 2026:GAU-AS:13674 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : Bail Appln./2717/2026 SULTAN ALI ALIAS SULEIMAN ALI SON OF SURUJ ALI, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE- NALANIBARI, P.O.- DUFFLAGARH, P.S.-HALEM, DIST.-BISWANATH, ASSAM VERSUS
GAHC010196772026
2026:GAU-AS:13674
THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT
(HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH)
Case No. : Bail Appln./2717/2026
SULTAN ALI ALIAS SULEIMAN ALI
SON OF SURUJ ALI, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE- NALANIBARI, P.O.- DUFFLAGARH, P.S.-HALEM, DIST.-BISWANATH, ASSAM
VERSUS
THE STATE OF ASSAM
THROUGH THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, STATE OF ASSAM.
Advocate for the Petitioner : A B T HAQUE, MS. P DAS
Advocate for the Respondent : PP, ASSAM, B E F O R E
HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJEEV KUMAR SHARMA
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ORDER
15.09.2026 Heard Mr. A B T Haque, learned counsel for the petitioner. Also heard Mr. K K Parashar, learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State.
2. This is an application under Section 483 of the BNSS, for grant of regular bail to the accused/petitioner, namely, Sultan Ali @ Suleiman Ali, in connection with Sessions Case No. 21/2015 under Section 306 IPC pending before the Sessions Judge, Biswanath corresponding to Halem Police Station Case No. 02/2014, under Section 306 IPC.
3. The petitioner is facing trial in Sessions Case No. 21/2015 before the learned Sessions Judge, Biswanath.
4. It is submitted that the petitioner had been regularly appearing in the case since the year 2015, but subsequent to the lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he could not appear and was expecting a summons from the Court after the lockdown, but since he did not receive the summons, he failed to appear.
5. It appears that upon his appearance, the petitioner was remanded to custody by the learned Court below by order dated 08.07.2026 and since then, he has spent 67 days in custody.
6. It is submitted that the petitioner will regularly participate in the trial in the event of his release on bail.
7. Having regard to the above, the prayer for bail is allowed on furnishing a bail bond of Rs. 50,000/- (Rupees Fifty Thousand only) with two sureties of the like amount, subject to the satisfaction of the jurisdictional Magistrate.
8. It is provided that the petitioner shall regularly participate in the trial, failing which it would be open to the learned Trial Court to pass necessary orders as may be warranted.
8. The bail petition stands disposed of as allowed.
JUDGE Comparing Assistant