HARPREET SINGH BRAR, J.

1. This petition has been filed under Section 439 Cr.P.C. seeking regular bail in a case bearing Fir No.264 dated 20.08.2023 under Sections 370/370-A (2)/120-B of IPC registered at Police Station Sector 36, U.T. Chandigarh (Annexure P-1).

2. Brief facts of the case are that SI Gurjivan along with his team was on patrolling duty and at about 10:30 P.M., they were present near Govt. School Village Kajheri, Chandigarh, where they received a secret information that one person, namely, Raj, who is running Hotel Maan in Village Kajheri, Chandigarh brings girls from other States to Chandigarh and puts them in prostitution. On the basis of this information, the WCHL team was called and raid was conducted at Hotel Maan, where, one girl was recovered from Room No. 201, First Floor, who stated that she belongs to Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. She further stated that Sunil (Hotel Manager), Jasbir, Brijesh (Cook) and Raj (owner of Hotel) bring girls on the pretext of work and get them involved in the prostitution and, thus, the present case was got registered.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner inter alia contends that the petitioner is the employee of the hotel and he has n