AB 714/2011 BEFORE HON’BLE MR JUSTICE A C UPADHYAY This is an application made under Section 438 CrPC seeking pre-arrest bail on be half of the petitioner, namely, Altaf Khan, in connection with Sarthebari Police Station Case No. 133/2009, registered under Section 395/397 IPC. Heard Mr. S. Rahman, learned counsel for the petitioner, and Mr. B. S. S inha, learned Additional Public Prosecutor, Assam. Perused the above application and the materials on record. By producing the case diary, Mr. B. S. Sinha, learned Additional Public Prosecutor, has appr ised the Court regarding the progress of the investigation into the case. On careful perusal of the case diary and the materials on record and the statement of the witnesses recorded by the Investigating Officer, it appears th at there are sufficient incriminating materials against the petitioner warrantin g his custodial interrogation in connection with the case aforementioned. Accor dingly, this Court is of the considered view that the prayer for pre-arrest bail , made on behalf of the petitioner, does not deserve to be considered and, conse quently, the application for pre-arrest bail stands rejected. This Anticipatory Bail Application stands disposed of in terms of the ab ove observations and directions.