AB 160/2010 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MR JUSTICE HN SARMA The petitioner, being apprehensive of arrest in connection with the Baihata Cha riali PS Case No. 181/10 U/S 506/376 IPC, has approached this court by filing th is bail application under Section 438 Cr.P.C. praying for releasing him on pre-a rrest bail. Heard Mr. AK Goswami, learned Sr. counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Gogoi, lear ned Addl. PP for the State. Learned Addl. PP procuring the case diary highlighted the materials collected by the I.O. during the course of investigation against the petitioner including th e statement of the victim girl recorded under 164 Cr.P.C. before the investigati ng officer. The allegation against the petitioner in the FIR lodged by the mothe r of the victim girl is that the victim girl is aged about 10 years old and is subjected to sexual assault by the petitioner while she was engaged as domestic helper in the house of the petitioner. The materials collected by the I.O. durin g the course of investigation supports the statement of the victim girl recorded under Section 164 Cr.P.C. From the materials so collected by the I.O during the course of investigation reveals that the petitioner was involved in the commiss ion of offence punishable under Section 376 IPC. In view of the above facts and the incriminating materials collected by the I.O. during the course of investigation including the statement of the victim girl, I do not find it to be a fit case to grant the privilege of pre-arrest bail to t he petitioner. Accordingly, this pre-arrest bail application stands rejected.