Jahedul Islam @ Jahidul Islam v. the Union of India and 5 Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Bail release from detention; Foreigners Tribunal ex parte opinion; declared foreigner post 25.03.1971 stream; Transit Camp Matia Goalpara; detention since 07.08.2024; bail bond Rs.5,000 with two solvent sureties; iris/fingerprint/photograph biometrics; territorial jurisdiction restriction SP (Border) Barpeta; release within three days; Gauhati High Court; I.A.(Civil)/644/2025; linked WP(C)/1256/2025; Foreigners Tribunal Barpeta 11th; F.T. 1625/2017; P.E. No. IM(D)T 732/04; NRC Assam; legal aid counsel; order dated 05.03.2025.
What did the court decide?
Release of the applicant on bail from the Transit Camp at Matia, Goalpara, subject to conditions: bail bond of Rs.5,000/- with two solvent sureties of like amount furnished by family members before the Superintendent of Police (Border), Barpeta; capture of iris, fingerprint and photograph biometrics before release; and a bar on leaving the territorial jurisdiction of the Superintendent of Police (Border), Barpeta without prior written intimation; release to be effected within three days of receipt of certified copy of the order.