GUWAHATI, India, Jan. 20 -- Gauhati High Court issued the following order on Dec. 19:

1. Heard Mr. U.S. Borgohain, learned counsel for the accused petitioner as well as Mr. P. Borthakur, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2. This petition under Section 482 of the BNSS, 2023 has been filed by the accused-petitioner, namely, Aditya Paniphukan @ Aditya Sagar Paniphukan, for grant of pre-arrest bail in connection with CID PS Case No. 20/2025 under Sections 61(2)/329(3)/308(5)/111(2)(b)/189(2)/351(3) of BNS, 2023.

3. The case was registered based on FIR dated 28.10.2025 lodged by police official in the rank of Inspector CID. The gist of the allegation pertain to running extortion activities by the FIR named persons, along w...