Pradip Gogoi (alias Samiran Gogoi) is the Vice-Chairman of the outlawed outfit ULFA in Assam

Assam

Assam , also, rarely, Assam Valley and formerly the Assam Province , is a northeastern state of India and is one of the most culturally and geographically distinct regions of the country...

. He is also one of the founder members of the outfit. He was arrested in Kolkata

Kolkata

Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...

 by West Bengal Police

West Bengal Police

The West Bengal Police is one of the two police forces of the Indian state of West Bengal....

 on April 8, 1998 and put in judicial custody at Guwahati

Guwahati

Guwahati, Pragjyotishpura in ancient Assam formerly known as Gauhati is a metropolis,the largest city of Assam in India and ancient urban area in North East India, with a population of 963,429. It is also the largest metropolitan area in north-eastern India...

. A former electricity board employee Gogoi hails from Sibsagar

Sibsagar

Sivasagar is a town in the Sibsagar district in the state of Assam in India, about north east of Guwahati....

 district of Assam. Since his arrest he has been facing 6 TADA cases.

Charges

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

Bail granted

On February 19, 2010, TADA judge Soneka Bora of the designated TADA court at Guwahati granted Gogoi bail in three cases -- 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 February 23, 2010. This is considered to be the first step to initiate the most awaited talk-process with the banned outfit.

See also

• ULFA
• Sanjukta Mukti Fouj
  Sanjukta Mukti Fouj
  Sanjukta Mukti Fouj is the military wing of the banned outfit ULFA in Assam, India. It was formed on March 16, 1996. It has three full-fledged battalions – the 7th, 28th and 709th with allocated spheres of operation in HQ- Sukhni, Tinsukia/Dibrugarh and Kalikhota respectively...
  
  
• People's Consultative Group
  People's Consultative Group
  The People’s Consultative Group was a citizen’s group in Assam constituted by ULFA to initiate the talk process as mediator between the central government and the outfit itself. It was constituted on September 8, 2005 with 11 members in it.It was dissolved by ULFA chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa on the...
  
  
• List of top leaders of ULFA