MOHD ARUP vs STATE NCT OF DELHI

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$~57 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 03.07.2025 + BAIL APPLN. 585/2024 MOHD ARUP .....Petitioner Through: Ms. Nisha Priya Bhatia, Mr. Rakesh Kumar Yadav, Mr. Ravi Ranjan Kumar, Advs. versus STATE NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Ms. Meenakshi Dahiya, APP for State with Insp. Manoj Dahiya, AHTU/ Crime Branch, SI Vikas Malik, P.S. EOW, Delhi. CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE SHALINDER KAUR SHALINDER KAUR, J (ORAL) CRL.M.A. 18407/2025, CRL.M.A. 18411/2025 (Exemption) 1. Allowed, subject to all just exceptions. 2. Applications stand disposed of. BAIL APPLN. 585/2024, CRL.M.A. 8855/2024, CRL.M.A. 18406/2025 3. The present bail application under Section 439 read with 482 Code of Criminal Procedure (Cr.P.C.) has been filed by the petitioner seeking grant of Regular Bail in FIR No. 148/2022 dated 22.07.2022 for offences under Sections 3, 4 and 5 of Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed BAIL APPLN. 585/2024 Page 1 of 11 By:RASHIM KAPOOR Signing Date:05.07.2025 16:47:51 Act, 1956 (ITP Act) and 370 & 120B Indian Penal Code (IPC) registered at Police Station Crime Branch (South). 4. The tabulated statement, reflecting the arrest of the Petitioner and the progress of Trial before the learned Trial Court, is filed by the learned counsel for the petitioner, same is taken on record and the copy is furnished to the learned APP. 5. The brief facts are that various complaints were received at the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit (AHTU), Crime Branch, Delhi, informing that women from foreign countries specifically from Uzbekistan, were being trafficked into India via Nepal and forced into prostitution in Delhi. Acting upon the said complaints, the Senior Police Officers ordered for legal action to be taken. Inspector Pramod Kumar deputed