Laxmi Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.18213 of 2018 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -30 Year- 2017 Thana -MAHILA THANA District- BEGUSARAI ====================================================== Laxmi Devi, Wife of Ranjan Khalifa, resident of Village- Bakhri, Police Station- Bakhri, District- Begusarai.

.... .... Petitioner

Versus

The State of Bihar.

.... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Rai Mukesh Sharma, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Satyendra Narayan Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHWANI KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 05-04-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State and learned counsel for the informant.

The petitioner seeks pre-arrest bail in connection with Mahila P. S. Case No. 30 of 2017 registered under Sections 370, 373, 332 and 341/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 14 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 and 5 of Immoral Traffic Act.

Considering the allegation made in the FIR that the informant, a minor girl aged 13 years, was trafficked by a person by practicing fraud and was sold to the petitioner, who got for the purposes of prostitution, etc. and coerced her for doing illegal act,

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.18213 of 2018 (2) dt.05-04-2018 2/2 I am not inclined to grant him pre-arrest bail. Accordingly, the application for grant of pre-arrest bail is rejected. (Ashwani Kumar Singh, J) Kanchan/- U