Former Phulbari MLA Esmatur Mominin secured bail in all four cases filed by the government against him during the unrest in Garo Hills. The allegation against the accused was that he was spreading communal hatred. Advocate N. Khera and his legal team appeared on behalf of the accused and secured bail. An official source said that Khera succeeded in securing bal for the accused as there was no clarity on the ground of arrest. The advocate was not available for comments. The court found that details regarding his arrest were not communicated to the accused when he was arrested.
The intimation of grounds of arrest, though the provisions of law has been recorded under which the accused was booked, the intimation of grounds of arrest is simply a tick mark on a prepared format which reads “suspected of being involved in a cognizable offence which is under investigation” and in the heading full particulars of offence for which arrested, the I/O has simply recorded “he is the named accused person in the FIR”. Two cases were filed separately in Phulbari after FIRS were lodged by John Leslee Sangma and Mu Sangma.