1 BA 1097-2011 Anand IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.1097 OF 2011 Savita Samarbahaddur Thapa .Applicant V/s. The State of Maharashtra & anr. .Respondents Mr.Subhash Jha, Advocate, for the Applicant Mrs.P.P.Bhosale, APP, for Respondent No.1 - State CORAM : R.C.CHAVAN, J. DATE : 16TH AUGUST, 2011 P.C. . Heard the learned Counsel for the respective parties. 2. This is an application for bail by a person, who was running brothel where several minor girls were found to have been forced into prostitution when the raid was conducted on 19th February, 2011. The learned Counsel for the applicant states that it is inconceivable within 30 meters of the police station such a business was going on. It is 2 BA 1097-2011 not inconceivable that within 30 meters of Faraskhana Police Station den of prostitution is situated. The question is whether minors could be employed in such a business. The learned Counsel for the applicant submits that the girls could not be called minors because as per the Medical Certificates some of them are above 16 years and below 17 years. He has also referred to an order of this Court passed on Criminal Application No.1381 of 2010 delivered on 12th April, 2010. In that case, one of the sentences in the order reads as under :- That, it may be possible that she may be held not to be child This sentence may be a part of the argument and not what the learned Judge found, since it would be inconceivable that when the girls were found by I.O., to be above 16 years and below 17 years the Court would hold otherwise. Further, in that case, statements of the girls did not mention that they were forced into 3 BA 1097-2011 prostitution. In this case, the girls state that applicant had forced them into prostitution. In view of this, applicant is not entitled to bail. 3. Criminal Application stands rejected. (R.C.CHAVAN, J.)