AB 1453/2011 BEFORE HON’BLE MR JUSTICE I. A. ANSARI This is an application made under Section 438 Cr.P.C. seeking pre-arrest bail by the petitioner, namely, Sahin Hussain Laskar, in connection with Silchar Police Station Case No. 255 of 2011, under Section 366(A) IPC. Perused the above application and materials on record. Also perused the relevant case diary. Heard Mr. H. I. Choudhury, learned counsel for the petitioner, and Mr. B. S. Sin ha, learned Additional Public Prosecutor, Assam. Also heard Mr. A. Hussain, lear ned counsel for the informant. Considering the fact that the perusal of the alleged victim’s statement, recorde d under Section 164 Cr.P.C., shows that she had appeared in her HSLC examination two years back, i.e. in the year 2009, and that she could not have appeared, in her HSLC examination without being of the age of 16 years, and considering also the fact that her said statement shows that she had left her parents on her own volition, this Court is of the view that, in the facts and attending circumstan ces of the present case, the interim directions for pre-arrest bail, passed, in this case, on 30.05.2011, need to be made absolute. In view of the above and in the interest of justice, the interim directions, for pre-arrest bail, passed, in this case, on 30.05.2011, are hereby made absolute, subject to the condition that petitioner shall, within four days from today, ap pear before the Officer-in-Charge, Silchar Police Station, and shall make himsel f available for interrogation by police at all reasonable time. The bail application shall stand disposed of in terms of the above directions.