| Pradip Gogoi | |
| Birth Name: | bidhan |
| Birth Place: | Sibsagar, Assam |
| Alias: | Samiran Gogoi |
| Charge: | Terrorism |
| Conviction Status: | Bailed |
Pradip Gogoi (Assamese: প্ৰদীপ গগৈ) (alias Samiran Gogoi) is the Vice-Chairman of the outlawed outfit ULFA in Assam. He is also one of the founder members of the outfit. He was arrested in Kolkata by West Bengal Police on 8 April 1998[1] [2] and put in judicial custody at Guwahati.[3] [4] A former electricity board employee Gogoi hails from Sibsagar district of Assam. Since his arrest he has been facing 6 TADA cases.[5]
Cases registered against him are:
| Police Stations | Charges | |
|---|---|---|
| Sivasagar PS | Two TADA cases | |
| Special Operations Unit of Assam Police (Special Branch) | under Sec 121 and 121(A) of the IPC | |
| Jalukbari (Guwahati) PS | under Sec 302, 304 and 427 of IPC | |
| Dispur (Guwahati) PS | under Sec 302 of IPC | |
| Geetanagar (Guwahati) PS and Chandmari (Guwahati) PS | Four TADA cases and also several other cases |
On 19 February 2010, TADA judge Soneka Bora[6] of the designated TADA court at Guwahati granted Gogoi bail in three cases[7] —Tada sessions case numbers 1/90, 42/01 and 43/01 — against a surety of Rs 1 lakh for each case. He was granted the bail on conditions that he would not travel abroad till the disposal of the cases, would deposit his passport in the court and not leave the area under the jurisdiction of the without prior permission from the court and if he decides to live in Sivasagar, his hometown, he must regularly report to the police there. The decision of the other cases registered against him will be heard on 23 February 2010.