Habibur Rahman v. the State of Assam
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Gauhati High Court bail order dated 05.05.2025 in Bail Appln./3529/2024 (Habibur Rahman v. State of Assam), Mrs. Justice Mitali Thakuria. Keywords: Section 483 BNSS 2023 bail application; NDPS Act Sections 22(C)/29; commercial quantity; Section 37 NDPS Act rigor/twin conditions overridden; grounds of arrest not furnished in Arrest Memo or Notices under Sections 50 & 50A Cr.P.C. (Sections 47 & 48 BNSS); Article 22(1) violation; Article 21; arrest vitiated; continued detention invalid despite charge-sheet and framing of charge; long incarceration not a ground post charge-framing (custody 1 year 6 months 15 days; charge-sheet 05.04.2024; charge framed 28.08.2024); no 'caught red handed' exception; sub-silentio argument rejected; High Courts must decide on law as it stands, not await pending reference; Pankaj Bansal (2024) 7 SCC 576; Prabir Purkayastha (2024) 8 SCC 254; Vihaan Kumar 2025 SCC OnLine SC 269; Directorate of Enforcement v. Subhash Sharma 2025 SCC OnLine 240; Union Territory of Ladakh v. J&K National Conference 2023 SCC OnLine SC 114; Madhu Limaye AIR 1969 SC 1014; Joginder Kumar (1994) 4 SCC 260; Jaseela Shaji (2024) 9 SCC 53; Mihir Rajesh Shah SLP (Crl.) 17132/2024 pending/reserved; bail bond Rs. 50,000 with two sureties, one a government servant; conditions: attendance, no inducement/threat, Aadhaar & PAN submission, jurisdictional restraint.