Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.1969 of 2012 (3) dt.14-03-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.1969 of 2012 ====================================================== Bebi Khatoon .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 14-03-2012 Petitioner is apprehending her arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . and Section ¾ of the prevention of Immoral Traffic Act. It is alleged that one Shami Khan used to run brothel house in the house of the petitioner when three girls were arrested. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that admittedly Shami Khan was tenant of the petitioner and petitioner was neither residing in the same premises nor she had knowledge about the illegal work being conducted by Shami Khan. Learned A.P.P. after going through the case diary submits that there is nothing on record to suggest that petitioner was residing in the same premises or had knowledge about the illegal work of Shami Khan. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioner namely Bebi Khatoon, in the event of her arrest or surrender Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.1969 of 2012 (3) dt.14-03-2012 before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bettiah, West-Champaran in connection with Bettiah Town P.S. Case No. 591 of 2011. Shageer/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 372

Statute Text:
Section 372 of the Indian Penal Code. Selling or letting to hire a minor for purposes of prostitution, etc. Whoever sells, lets to hire, or otherwise disposes of any person under the age of eighteen years with intent that such person shall at any age be employed or used for the purpose of prostitution or illicit intercourse with any person or for any unlawful and immoral purpose, or knowing it to be likely that such person will at any age be employed or used for any such purpose, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.