JUDGMENT :

Heard Mr. A. Chaudhury, learned counsel for the petitioners and Mr. D.P. Goswami, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the respondent State of Assam.

2. By this application under Section 438, Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 [CrPC], the petitioners viz. [1] Sofior Rahman, [2] Zakir Hussain and [3] Ashraful Alom have approached this Court seeking the benefit of pre-arrest bail, apprehending their arrest, in connection with Bilasipara Police Station Case no. 350/2022, registered for offences punishable under Sections 120B/420/409/384, Indian Penal Code [IPC] for the second occasion after rejection of their earlier pre-arrest bail applications, A.B. no. 3494/2022 & A.B. no. 3584/2022, by a common order dated 22.12.2022, after perusal of the materials in the case diary produced on that date by the learned Additional Public Prosecutor.

3. The pre-arrest bail application, A.B. no. 3494/2022 under Section 438, CrPC was preferred on behalf of three petitioners with the petitioner no. 3 herein as the petitioner no. 1 therein and the petitioner no. 1 herein as the petitioner no. 3 therein. The pre-arrest bail application, A.B. no. 3584/2022 under Section 438, CrPC was preferred b