Siddik Borah v. the State of Assam
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory bail / pre-arrest bail made absolute; Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023, Section 303(2); Mariani Police Station Case No.89/2025; Jorhat district; interim bail of 13.10.2025 regularised; no misuse of interim bail liberty; custodial interrogation not required at that stage; cattle theft alleged; conditions of bail — fortnightly reporting to Investigating Officer, no inducement/threat/promise, no similar offences, travel restricted to CJM Jorhat jurisdiction without permission; violation entails cancellation; Gauhati High Court; Justice N. Unni Krishnan Nair; Siddik Borah v. State of Assam; disposed 30.10.2025.
What did the court decide?
Interim pre-arrest bail granted vide order dated 13.10.2025 made absolute subject to conditions: (i) appearance before the Investigating Officer at intervals of 15 days and as and when called for investigation; (ii) no direct or indirect inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts so as to dissuade them from disclosing the facts to the Investigating Officer; (iii) no indulgence in commission of offences similar in nature to the one alleged in Mariani P.S. Case No.89/2025; (iv) no leaving the jurisdiction of the Court of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jorhat without prior permission; violation of the conditions to result in cancellation of the pre-arrest bail.