ORDER

Date : 12.02.2025 Heard Mr. B.K. Mahajan, learned counsel for the petitioner. Also heard Mr. R.J. Baruah, learned Additional Public Prosecutor.

2. This application under Section 482 of the BNSS, 2023 has been filed by the petitioner namely, Dharmendra Rabha, who is apprehending his arrest in connection with Chhaygaon Police Station Case No.307/2024, under Sections 318/316 of BNS, 2023 read with Section 21/23 of the Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Act, 2019.

3. The gist of accusation in this case is that, on 08.09.2024, 4 (four) numbers of informant namely, Bipul Rabha, Pratia Boro, Bimal Ch. Das and Jitul Malakar had lodged an FIR before the Officer-in- Charge of Chhaygaon Police Station, inter alia, alleging that under the leadership of the present petitioner, who is working as Office Superintendent of Senior Division Engineer Office, hundreds of employees of railway have invested in the trading in Titan Capital Market after subjected to different allurements by the petitioner. It is alleged in the FIR that neither the employees and the investors have received any profit nor they got back the principal amount.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the