HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 482 BNSS No. - 8241 of 2025 Court No. - 72 HON'BLE JITENDRA KUMAR SINHA, J. 1. Heard Shri Pramod Kumar, learned counsel for the applicants, Shri B.P. Maurya, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record. 2. The present application has been moved seeking anticipatory bail in Case Crime no.515 of 2023, under Sections 3, 4, 5, 7 of Immoral Traffic (Prevention), Act, 1956, Police Station Shalimar Garden, District Ghaziabad, with the prayer that in the event of arrest, applicants may be released on bail. 3. It has been argued by the learned counsel for the applicants that applicants are innocent and they have been falsely implicated in this case. It is further submitted that similarly placed co-accused Mohan Lal Ahirwar and Sanjay Kumar have already been granted anticipatory bail by this Court vide order dated 09.10.2025 passed in Criminal Misc. Anticipatory Bail Application U/s 482 BNSS No.8220 of 2025. It is further submitted that the offences are punishable up to maximum sentence of seven years. It is also submitted that the applicants are having no criminal history. It was also submitted that applicants undertake to co-operate during trial and they would appear as and when required by the investigating agency or Court. It has been stated that in case, applicants are granted anticipatory bail, they shall not misuse the liberty of bail and will co-operate with the investigation and would obey all conditions of bail. 4. On the other hand, learned A.G.A. has opposed the application for anticipatory bail. 5. As per first information report, 16 persons, 7 men and 9 women were Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Pramod Kumar Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Ram Singh And Another .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. and Another .....Opposite Party(s) arrested from a house, in which, some illegal sex trade was being carried out. It is further submitted that in the first information report, the applicants were involved in the sex trade as a customer. It is further submitted that the applicants were released by the police by giving notice under Section 41 Cr.P.C.and the applicants are having no criminal history. 6. It may be stated that in case of Siddharam Satlingappa Mhetre v. State of Maharashtra, (2011) 1 SCC 694, it has been held by Hon'ble Supreme Court that while deciding anticipatory bail, Court must consider nature and gravity of accusation, antecedent of accused, possibility of accused to flee from justice and that Court must evaluate entire available material against the accused carefully and that the exact role of the accused has also to be taken into consideration. 7. In the instant case, considering the settled principle of law regarding anticipatory bail, submissions of the learned counsel for the parties, role of applicants and all attending facts and circumstances of the case, without expressing any opinion on merits, a case for anticipatory bail is made out. 8. The anticipatory bail application is allowed. 9. In the event of arrest of the applicants - Ram Singh and Jogendra Singh involved in the aforesaid case crime shall be released on anticipatory bail on their furnishing a personal bond of Rs. 50,000/- with two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the Court concerned, with the following conditions :- (i) The applicants shall not tamper with evidence and that they would appear before the trial Court on the date fixed unless exempted by the Court concerned; (ii) The applicants shall not directly or indirectly, make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade him/her/them from disclosing such facts to the Court or to any police officer; (iii) The applicants would co-operate during trial and would not misuse the liberty of bail. (iv) The applicant shall not leave India without prior permission of the Court concerned. NABAIL No. 8241 of 2025 2 10. In default of any of the conditions, the prosecution shall be at liberty to file appropriate application for cancellation of anticipatory bail granted to the applicants. October 17, 2025 RKM NABAIL No. 8241 of 2025 3 (Jitendra Kumar Sinha,J.) Digitally signed by :- RAJESH KUMAR MAURYA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad