IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRI.APPLICATION NO.4050 OF 2008 CRI.APPLICATION NO.4050 OF 2008 CRI.APPLICATION NO.4050 OF 2008 Rakesh Sadhu Shetty, .. Applicant. Vs State of Maharashtra, .. Respondent. Mr Prakash Naik, for the applicant. Mr K.V.Saste, APP, for the respondent. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE,J. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE,J. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE,J. DATE : 04/12/2008 DATE : 04/12/2008 DATE : 04/12/2008 PC: PC: PC: 1. Heard Mr.Naik, learned counsel for the applicant and Mr.Saste, learned APP, for the State. 2. The applicant is seeking bail in C.R.No.II-22/2008 of Shantinagar police station, Bhiwandi, Dist-Thane. The said crime has been registered against the applicant and three others for having allegedly committed an offence punishable under sections 3(1),4, 2(k), 5(1), 7(i)(b) of the Prevention of Illicit Traffick Act. It is the prosecution case that the applicant was working with Sachindra S. Hegde, the owner of "Dhoom" Restaurant and Bar, situated at Bhivandi, Dist-Thane. On 8.2.2008, the raid was conducted at the said restaurant under the provisions of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956 by Bhiwandi Town police and Shantinagar Police Station. When the raid was conducted the applicant was present in the restaurant. The raid was conducted after following the due procedure, as reflected in the FIR dated 9.2.2008. Several girls were found in the said raid. Out of 16 girls produced before the court, one was found to be minor and in view thereof the applicant has been charged under the aforementioned sections of the Prevention of Immoral Traffick Act. Considering the nature of allegations against the applicant and that the application of the co-accused has already been rejected by this court vide order dated 11.11.2008 in Criminal Application No.2602 of 2008, and considering that further investigation has been now transferred to the CBI, I am not inclined to enlarge the applicant on bail. Hence, the application is rejected. . While rejecting this application, I shall not be understood to have expressed any opinion on merits of the case and the trial Court shall deal with the case without being influenced by the observations made in this order. (D.B.BHOSALE, J.) (D.B.BHOSALE, J.) (D.B.BHOSALE, J.)