Page No.# 1/2 GAHC010064322026 2026:GAU-AS:9572 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : Bail Appln./904/2026 BRAJA KUMAR BRAHMA SON OF LATE DEOL SINGH BRAHMA, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE-PUB- MAKRA, PS-BIJNI, DISTRICT-CHIRANG, ASSAM, PIN-783390. VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM AND ANR REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, ASSAM 2:SMTI BANDANA BRAHMA WIFE OF SRI KHANIN BRAHMA RESIDENT OF VILLAGE-PUBMAKRA PS-BIJNI DISTRICT-CHIRANG ASSAM PIN-783390 Advocate for the Petitioner : MR. D CHOUDHURY, MR. R K SARMA,MR T CHAKRABORTY,MS. A KHARBANI Advocate for the Respondent : PP, ASSAM, MS T PARASHAR, Amicus Curiae, R2 Page No.# 2/2 BEFORE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJEEV KUMAR SHARMA ORDER 14.07.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner. Also heard learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. 2. This is an appeal filed under Section 483 of the BNSS, 2023 praying for the grant of bail to the accused/petitioner in connection with Bijni P.S. Case No. 130/2025, corresponding to Special (P) Case No. 1/2026, under Section 64(2)(f)/65(1) of the BNS read with Section 6 of the POCSO Act, 2012, pending before the Court of the learned Special Judge at Bijni.

3. The allegation against the present petitioner is the commission of penetrative sexual assault upon a 13-year-old girl who stands in the relationship of a granddaughter to him. The trial is already underway, and the deposition of the victim has already been recorded. 4. Having regard to the nature of the allegations and the material that has emerged so far, this is not a fit case for the grant of bail at this stage. 5. Accordingly, the prayer for bail stands rejected. 6. The scanned copy of the TCR received be retained till the next date. JUDGE Comparing Assistant