1. Heard Mr. R. Gurung, learned counsel for the petitioner, who has
submitted that this petition has been filed under Section 483 BNSS with a prayer
for grant of bail to Shri. Shal Shylla @ Hep, who was arrested in connection with
Nongpoh Women P.S Case No. 40 (8) 2025 under Section 126(2)/70 BNS, 2023.
2. The learned counsel has submitted that an FIR dated 18.08.2025 was
lodged before the Officer In-charge, Women Police, Nongpoh, by the informant
who has narrated a sequence of events which took placed on 17.08.2025 at 06.15
PM or so, wherein the informant has stated that, on that day, the accused person
in question has invited her to go roaming to Byrnihat, and they have decided to
meet at the Taxi Stand Nongpoh at the given time, wherein, she met the accused
person and entered into the vehicle with the accused person and a driver and
some passengers being present at that time. After dropping some passengers, the
three of them proceeded to an isolated area with a big field, and there, they were
sitting, and the informant ate the lunch she had packed. Thereafter, the accused
person and the driver after consuming alcohol, the driver came from behind and
covered her mouth. He then made her lay down on the ground with his elbows
and knees on top of her so that she could not move. After that, the accused person
(Hep) raped her. The informant struggle to free herself and managed to beat the
perpetrator, after which, she pushed him and ran away, she hit in a cave so that
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they could not find her and after she saw both of them left, she went to the road
and took a taxi to the Byrnihat Outpost seeking help. She was then referred to
Civil Hospital, Nongpoh for medical examination.