IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.55229 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-154 Year-2025 Thana- BALIYA District- Begusarai ====================================================== Subhash Khalifa @ Subhash Kumar, S/o Vakil Khalifa @ Vakil, Resident of Village - Mathurapur, ward no. 06, P.S.- Ballia, District - Begusarai ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Raj Kumar, Adv. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Manoj Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SHAILENDRA SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 18-08-2025 Heard Mr. Raj Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Manoj Kumar, learned APP for the State. 2. Petitioner seeks regular bail in connection with Ballia P.S. Case No. 154 of 2025 dated 08.05.2025 registered for the offences punishable under sections 61(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (in short ‘BNS’) and sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act. 3. The main submissions advanced by petitioner’s counsel are that as per the FIR, the petitioner and two co- accused persons are alleged to run prostitution rackets in their respective houses and the police raided their houses but nothing suggesting the prostitution activity in the house of this petitioner was found except the recovery of some unused condoms and on the basis of that recovery, the petitioner has been suspected to be involved in running a prostitution racket in his house. It is Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.55229 of 2025(2) dt.18-08-2025 2/2 further submitted that no any person was arrested from the alleged place suggesting them being a potential customer of the prostitution activity and the petitioner has been languishing in jail since 08.05.2025. 4. Learned APP for the State has opposed the prayer of the petitioner. 5. Considering the aforesaid submissions advanced by petitioner’s counsel and mainly the petitioner’s custody period and completion of investigation against him, this Court is inclined to release him on bail. Accordingly, let the petitioner named-above be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.20,000/-(Rupees Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the court concerned in connection with Ballia P.S. Case No. 154 of 2025. annu/- (Shailendra Singh, J) U T