GAUHATI HIGH COURT ISSUES ORDER ON SOPIKUL ISLAM ALIAS SAFIKUL ALI V/S THE STATE OF ASSAM

GUWAHATI, India, June 28 -- Gauhati High Court issued the following order on May 29:

1. Heard Mr. S. Das, the learned counsel for the petitioner. Also heard Mr. R. J. Baruah, the learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State respondent.

2. This application under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 has been filed by the petitioner, namely, Sopikul Islam Alias Safikul Ali, who is apprehending his arrest in connection with Tamarhat Police Station Case No. 34/2025, under Sections 68/3(5) of the BNS, 2023.

3. The gist of the accusation in this case is that the victim woman had lodged an FIR on 09.04.2025, inter-alia, alleging that on 08.04.2025, the petitioner told the victim woman that he will drop her at her siste...