Gauhati High Court
Ajit Hembrom Alias Rajit vs The State Of Assam And Anr on 5 January, 2026
Author: Manish Choudhury
Bench: Manish Choudhury
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GAHC010280662025
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THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT
(HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH)
Case No. : Crl.A./448/2025
AJIT HEMBROM ALIAS RAJIT
S/O- CHANDAN HEMBROM. VILL- DUTTAPUR. P.S.- SIDLI. DIST.- CHIRANG
BTR, ASSAM. PIN-783393
VERSUS
THE STATE OF ASSAM AND ANR
REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, ASSAM
2:ROBIRAM SUREN
S/0- LATE SAHEB SUREN VILL- SOUTH BAMUNGAON. P.O.- DUTTAPUR.
P.S.- SIDLI. DIST.- CHIRANG BTR
ASSAM. PIN-78339
Advocate for the Petitioner : MR. A ROSHID, MS. T BEGUM
Advocate for the Respondent : PP, ASSAM,
BEFORE
HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MANISH CHOUDHURY
ORDER
05.01.2026 Heard Mr. A. Roshid, learned counsel for the accused-appellant and Mr. M.P. Goswami, learned Additional Public Prosecutor, Assam for the respondent no. 1 State of Assam.
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2. This criminal appeal under Section 415[2] of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita [BNSS], 2023 is preferred against a Judgment and Order dated 07.11.2025 passed by the Court of learned Special Judge, Chirang, Kajalgaon in Special [POCSO] Case no. 24/2025 which arose out of Sidli Police Station Case no. 11/2025. By the Judgment and Order dated 07.11.2025, the accused-appellant has been convicted for the offence under Section 4[1] of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences [POCSO] Act and he has been sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for ten years and to pay a fine of Rs. 20,000/- with default stipulation.
3. I have gone through the contents of the memorandum of the criminal appeal.
4. The criminal appeal is admitted for hearing.
5. Let the case records of Special [POCSO] Case no. 24/2025 be called for.
6. Issue notice, returnable in 4 [four] weeks.
7. As Mr. Goswami, learned Additional Public Prosecutor has appeared and accepted notice in respect of the respondent no. 1, issuance of formal notice in respect of the respondent no. 1 is dispensed with. The learned counsel for the appellant shall serve a copy of the memo of appeal along with annexures, to Mr. Goswami within 3 [three] working days from today.
8. The appellant shall take steps for service of notice upon the respondent no. 2/informant in terms of the Practice Direction laid down in the Notification no. 17 dated 15.03.2024.
9. The learned Additional Public Prosecutor shall obtain a report from the Officer In- Charge, Sidli Police Station as regards the service of notice upon the respondent no. 2- informant to place the same before the Court on the returnable date.
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10. List the case after 4 [four] weeks.
JUDGE Comparing Assistant