AB 495/2011 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MR JUSTICE IA ANSARI This is an application, made under Section 438 Cr.P.C., seeking pre-arrest bail by the accused-petitioner, namely, Sri Joy Chandra Das, in connection with Barpe ta Police Station Case No.78/2011 under Section 384 IPC. Perused the above application and materials on record. Perused also the relevant case diary. Heard Mr. A.S. Choudhury, learned Senior counsel, for the petitioner, an d Mr. VS Singh, learned Additional Public Prosecutor, Assam. Considering the fact that perusal of the case diary reveals sufficient i ncriminating materials against the petitioner and the application, which has bee n made by the informant in the Court of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, B arpeta, on 27.01.2011, clearly indicates that the petitioner and the co-accused, Jakir Hussain Khan, have been interfering with the investigation of the case by contacting the informant to compromise the matter, this Court is of the firm vi ew that in the facts and attending circumstances of the present case, the petiti oner, who is a police personnel, cannot be given the benefit of pre-arrest bail. In view of the above, the prayer for pre-arrest bail, made by the petitioner, is hereby rejected. The Bail Application shall accordingly stand disposed of.