MP 1 BA1763_11 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL BAIL APPLICATION NO.1763 OF 2011 Renuka @ Bharati Suresh Koli ... Applicant Versus State of Maharashtra ... Respondents Mr. K. S. Patil, Advocate for the Applicant. Mr. Y. M. Nakhwa, APP for the Respondent-State. CORAM : J. H. BHATIA, J. DATE : 17TH DECEMBER 2011 P. C. : Heard. 2. The applicant seeks to be released on bail in crime No.189 of 2011 registered with Vishrambag Police Station, District Sangli, for the offences punishable under Sections 363, 366, 344, 328, 504, 323 r/w. Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code as well as under the provisions of Sections 3, 4, 5 and 6 of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956. 3. According to prosecutrix, she hails from Anishmani, Pacchimpada Police Station, Ganganapur, District, Nadia, West Bengal. On 25.06.2011, she was proceeding towards the Government Hospital for some treatment. At that time, some unknown person gave her lift in a car assuring that he would leave her at the Government Hospital. However, in the vehicle, some stupefying drug was administered to her and she became unconscious. When she was in unconscious condition, she was taken to Bombay by train by the driver of that car. She was brought to the place of one Hira. Wife of that Hira told the prosecutrix that she was brought there for prostitution work. The prosecutrix MP 2 BA1763_11 refused to do such work as she claimed that she had come from a good family. Thereafter, said Hira handed over the prosecutrix to one Raju. At the house of Raju, she did some household work for some time and then said Raju took her to the house of the present applicant at Sangli. The applicant allegedly kept her tied and then forced her to the prostitution work. She was compelled to work as prostitute for a period of about two months. When one customer knowing Bengali language came to know about her story, he gave information to her relatives in West Bengal, who came down to Sangli. Thereafter, police rescued the prosecutrix from the house of the applicant. 4. From the material on record, it appears that the present applicant was running a brothel and she had compelled the prosecutrix to enter into the prostitution. Taking into consideration the nature of offence and the circumstances, it would not be in the interests of justice to grant bail to the applicant. 5. Therefore, the application stands rejected. (J. H. BHATIA, J)