AB 910/2011 BEFORE 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, Joy Chandra Das @ Joydev Babu, in connection with Barpe ta Police Station Case No. 78 of 2011, under Section 384 IPC. Perused the above application and materials on record. Also perused the copy of the order, dated 4.3.2011, passed in A.B. No.495 of 2011, whereby the petitioner ’s earlier application for pre-arrest bail was rejected. The relevant observatio ns made in the order, dated 4.3.2011, read as under : Considering the fact that perusal of the case diary reveals sufficient incrimin ating materials against the petitioner and the application, which has been made by the informant in the Court of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Barpeta, on 27.01.2011, clearly indicates that the petitioner and the co-accused, Jakir Hussain Khan, have been interfering with the investigation of the case by contac ting the informant to compromise the matter, this Court is of the firm view that in the facts and attending circumstances of the present case, the petitioner, w ho is a police personnel, cannot be given the benefit of pre-arrest bail. In vie w of the above, the prayer for pre-arrest bail, made by the petitioner, is hereb y rejected. Heard Mr. S. K. Medhi, learned counsel for the petitioner, and Mr. K. Mu nir, learned Additional Public Prosecutor, Assam. At the instance of the petitioner, the case diary has, once again, been perused. The case diary reveals incriminating materials against the petitioner and in th e facts and attending circumstances of the present case, particularly, when the petitioner is a police personnel and he has not been able to assign any reason a s to why he has been implicated in the present case, this Court is of the view t hat the petitioner cannot be given the benefit of pre-arrest bail. In view of the above and in the interest of justice, the prayer for pre-arrest b ail is rejected. The bail applications stands disposed of.