AB 1510/2011 BEFORE THE 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, Sri Dadul Lahkar, in connection with Jorhat Police St ation Case No.155/2011 under Sections 341/323/307/427 IPC. Perused the above application and materials on record including the orde r, dated 29.04.2011, passed by the learned Sessions Judge, Jorhat, rejecting the petition for pre-arrest bail made by the petitioner. Perused also the relevant case diary. Heard Mr. P. Kalita, learned counsel for the petitioner, and Mr. B.S. Si nha, learned Addl. Public Prosecutor, Assam. Considering the fact that the power to consider pre-arrest bail by the H igh Court is co-extensive with that of the Sessions Judge and, in the case at ha nd, the learned Sessions Judge, Jorhat, has rejected the petitioner’s applicatio n for pre-arrest bail on noticing, in the case diary, sufficient incriminating m aterials against the petitioner, this Court does not find that in the absence of any new or other ground, the petitioner can be given the benefit of pre-arrest bail. Coupled with the above, perusal of the case diary reveals sufficient inc riminating materials against the petitioner. In view of the above and in the interest of justice, the prayer for pre-arrest bail, made by the petitioner, is hereby rejected. The interim directions for pre -arrest bail, passed, in this case, on 03.06.2011, in favour of the petitioner, shall accordingly stand vacated. The Bail Application shall accordingly stand disposed of.