AB 407/2010 BEFORE HON’BLE MR JUSTICE K.MERUNO Heard Mr. S. Baruah, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. B.S.Sinha, learn ed Addl.Public Prosecutor, Assam. The petitioner is a President of No.61 Sonapur Gaon Panchayat an d discharging his official duties in the village. The incident took place on 1. 10.10 at about 7.30 A.M. in the village of Sonapur Pathar in which two FIRs have been filed. The first one has been filed on 1.10.10 by one Md. Rashid Ahmed wh ich was registered as Sonapur P.S. Case No. 155/2010 U/s 143,447,326,336 IPC and thereafter the second one has been filed on 2.10.10 by one Ruhul Amin which wa s registered as Sonapur P.S. Case No.157/2010 U/s 147/ 148/ 149/ 341/ 448/ 326/ 380 IPC. In the first FIR dated 1.10.10 , the petitioner has not been nam ed. However, in the second FIR dated 2.10.10 the petitioner’s name has been app eared. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petition er as the President of the Gaon Panchayat had visited the place of occurrence an d looked into the law and order situation within the village area . He also subm its that the petitioner as a Panchayat President is duty bound to visit and con trol the mob. According to the learned counsel, the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the instant case. Mr. B.S. Sinha, learned Addl. Pu blic Prosecutor, Assam has produced the case diary. I have perused the same. On careful perusal of the case diary and other available materia ls on record and also considering the submissions made by the learned counsel fo r the parties, I am of the considered opinion that there is no sufficient incrim inating materials against the petitioner. It is, therefore, directed that in the event of arrest of the pe titioner-Md Saidur Rahman Laskar shall be released on bail of Rs. 15,000/- with one local surety of the like amount to the satisfaction of the arresting authori ty in connection with Sonapur P.S. Case No. 157/2010 U/s 147/ 148/ 149/ 341/ 448 / 326/ 380/ 302 IPC subject to the condition that the petitioner shall cooperate with the I.O. as and when required. With the above directions, the bail application stands allowed a nd disposed of.