AB 2538/2011 BEFORE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE UB SAHA The instant application is filed by the petitioner, Gajendra Pathak, Sub -Registrar, Hojai, at present under suspension, under Section 438 CrPC for grant ing pre-arrest bail in the event of his arrest in connection with Hojai PS Case No.07/2011 u/s 409/506/294/332/120(B) IPC (corresponding to GR Case No.39/11). Mr. MH Choudhury, learned counsel for the petitioner while urging for ba il submits that the petitioner is no way involved with the alleged offence. Acc ording to him, the conspiracy started against the petitioner when he has issued a notice to one Dipak Ghosh, LDA-cum- Record Keeper to keep the public documents in safe custody. The FIR was lodged by the said Dipak Ghosh to save his own sc heme. He further submits that the petitioner is a Government employee and there is no possibility of absconding and tampering with the evidences and more partic ularly, the entire case is based on documentary evidence. Mr BS Sinha, learned Addl. PP while resisting the prayer for bail conten ds that there are materials in the case diary. But those materials do not sugges t for custodial detention of the petitioner. In view of the above submissions of the learned PP and taking note of th e fact that the present petitioner is a Government employee, it is directed that the petitioner shall be enlarged on bail in the event of his arrest in connecti on with the aforesaid case on furnishing bail bond of Rs.15,000/- with 2 local s ureties of the like amount to the satisfaction of the arresting authority subjec t to conditions that he shall appear before the Investigating Officer of the cas e as and when called for and shall not leave the State of Assam without prior pe rmission of the I/O of the case. With the aforesaid order, the bail application stands allowed.