MP 1 ABA816_11 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 816 OF 2011 Bharat Pandurang Jadhav ... Applicant Versus The State of Maharashtra ... Respondent CORAM : J. H. BHATIA, J. DATE : 30TH SEPTEMBER 2011 Mr. P. R. Arjunwadkar, Advocate for the Applicant. Ms P. P. Shinde, APP for the Respondent State. P. C. : Heard the learned Counsel for parties. 2. The applicant seeks anticipatory bail in Crime No. 3012 of 2011 registered with M.I.D.C. Police Station, Solapur for the offences punishable under Sections 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956. 3. From the F.I.R., it appears that the applicant is running a lodge in the name and style of Nayan Lodging and Boarding near Laxminarayan Talkies. The ownership of the premises stands in the name of unmarried daughter of the present applicant and the licence to run the hotel appears to have been obtained in the name of son of the applicant, while, in fact, the applicant himself is running that lodge. According to the prosecution, in the said lodge, business of prostitution was going on, and therefore, when two punters were sent, they were entertained, and at the time of the raid, three girls, who were indulging in prostitution, were found with the said punters. The statements of these girls are also recorded. It appears that number of criminal cases are registered against the present applicant from time to time. MP 2 ABA816_11 4. The learned Counsel for the applicant contends that the applicant had got one police officer trapped in anti-corruption case and that police officer was convicted, and therefore, the police are after him. Merely because, one police officer was convicted on the report lodged by the present applicant, the applicant cannot be granted anticipatory bail. Taking into consideration the nature of the offence and the material collected by police, in my opinion, it is not a fit case to grant anticipatory bail. 5. Therefore, the application stands rejected. (J. H. BHATIA, J)