Veena Ranjan v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.9166 of 2020 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-809 Year-2019 Thana- RAMKRISHNANAGAR District- Patna ====================================================== VEENA RANJAN, aged about 40 years, Gender-Female, W/o Sri Manish Ranjan, Resident of Village- Bichhakor, P.S.- Silao, District- Nalanda, at present R/o Isopur Phulwari Sarif, P.S.- Phulwari Sarif, District- Patna. ... ... Petitioner
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner :
Mr.Upendra Mishra, Advocate.
For the Opposite Party :
Mrs.Usha Kumari 1, A.P.P.
====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 04-03-2020 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State.
The petitioner seeks bail in a case for the offence registered under Sections 372, 376, 354/34 of the IPC, 4, 18, 16 of POSCO Act, 3(i)(r)(w), 13(2)(v) of SC/ST Act and 5 of the Immoral Traffic Act.
The prosecution story, in brief, is that the victim no. 1 Karina Kumari used to live with her parents in the house of Rameshwar Pandit on rent where one Pradeep Sahni @ Amit Sahni and his wife Puja Kumari @ Neelam Kumari were also living in the said house. She met with Puja Kumari and told her that her parents used to beat her, then Puja Kumari assured her for providing job in Mall. She further alleged that after 3-4 days,
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.9166 of 2020(2) dt.04-03-2020 2/3 victim no. 2, namely Komal Kumari aged 15 years also complained about the same grievance like Karina Kumari. Thereafter, both victims escaped from their house on 20.10.2019 and went at the house of Puja Kumari. After some days, they came to know that Puja Kumari and her husband were involved in the business of prostitution and Puja Kumari used to supply girl to different places and they provoked the victims to enter into the said flesh business and during their stay at her house, her husband molested them several times. She has further alleged that she was kept in the house of Sanjay Agarwal where Salma Khatoon was running the brothel house and co-accused Babloo Kumar and Veena Ranjan (petitioner) used to co-operate Salma Khatoon and Kusum Devi who were also involved in the said illegal flesh trade. On 12.11.2019, Puja Kumari alongwith her husband brought Komal Kumari to Bus stand for selling her in Two Lacs rupees, but having got this knowledge, both victims fled away and informed the police.
It has been submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner is languishing in custody since 14.11.2019. The petitioner has got no criminal antecedent. She has falsely been implicated in the present case. Charge sheet has been submitted in the present case. There is no allegation of
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.9166 of 2020(2) dt.04-03-2020 3/3 tampering with the witnesses alleged against the petitioner. The victims have been examined under Section 164 of Cr. P.C. where they have not named this petitioner.
On behalf of the State, it is submitted that the petitioner is named in the F.I.R.
Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let the petitioner above named, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Sessions Judge-Ist-cum-Special Judge (POSCO) Patna, in connection with arising out of Spl. (POSCO) Case No. 234 of 2019 in Ram Krishna Nagar P.S. Case No. 809 of 2019. (Sudhir Singh, J) U.K./- U T