1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.1644 OF 2010 Gunakar Sinna Shetty . ..Applicant. Vs. The State of Maharashtra. ..Respondent. Mr. R.D.Suryawanshi for the Applicant. Mrs. M.H.Mhatre, APP. For the State. CORAM : R.S. MOHITE, J. DATE : 19th April, 2010 PC : 1. This is an application for grant of bail. The applicant is shown as an accused in C.R.No.II-36/2009 registered by Nerul Police Station for the alleged offences punishable under sections 366A, 372 of the I.P.C. and 3,4,5,6 and 7(A) of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956. Out of the several girls one girl is alleged to be minor. Under the PITA Act the person who has not completed the age of 16 years is treated as a child. Occipital tests of the minor girl indicates 2 that she is 14 to 17 years. Thus, there is a doubt that the said girl was child at the relevant time. Apart from this, it appears that the present applicant is not personally hiring the premises for the use of doing the prostitution business. Those persons who are doing such business are separately named. Taking into fact that the offence may not be one which is punishable with life imprisonment and taking into account that the applicant has been arrested on 3.7.2009 and is in Jail for several months. I am inclined to grant bail to the applicant. It is therefore, directed that pending his trial in connection with C.R.No.II-36/2009 registered by Nerul Police Station, the applicant will be released on bail in the sum of Rs.25,000/- with one surety in the like amount subject to the condition that he will report to the Investigating Officer once in a fortnight on every first and third Monday between 11-AM and 5-PM till the disposal of the trial and subject to further condition that he will not tamper with the 3 prosecution witnesses and will remain present on all the dates of the trial unless exempted. Application is disposed off. 2 Parties to act on a copy of this order duly authenticated by the registry of this court. ( R.S. MOHITE, J.)