IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Reserved on: 10.12.2025 Pronounced on:12.12.2025 Uploaded on:12.12.2025 Anand Mohan Singh ..Petitioner Versus State of Haryana ..Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE SHALINI SINGH NAGPAL Present: Mr. Karnesh Verma, Advocate and Mr. Vineet Yadav, Advocate for the petitioner.

Ms. Kanica Sachdeva, DAG, Haryana.

SHALINI SINGH NAGPAL , JUDGE Petitioner seeks regular bail in case vide FIR No.778 of

2024 dated 06.12.2024, under Sections 64(1), 143(2), 64(2)(M) of BNS, 2023, Police Station Gurugram Sadar, Haryana. This is the first petition for regular bail.

2. Complainant-prosecutrix alleged that she was married two months ago. About 10-12 days ago, her husband sent her to Gurugram to work as a maid with Sheikh Shamsood Rehman, his friend. Sheikh Shamsood Rehman took her to his house in Sector 38, where he lived with his wife. She lived in the house of Sheikh Shamsood Rehman for 5- 6 days where she did cleaning and cooking. 3-4 days ago, Sheikh Shamsood Rehman and his wife left her in a Hotel, where she stayed for three nights. While in the Hotel, 3-4 different men forcibly had sex with her every night. Before that, when she was living with Sheikh Shamsood Rehman, he too had sex with her during the day. When she was left at the hotel, a cleaning boy forcibly had sex with her. In the morning, when she was in the Hotel, she managed to flee and approach the police.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner was a Manager of the Hotel and there was no allegations of any physical act against him. He was not present at the place of incident from 1.12.2024 to 6.12.2024. His antecedents were clean. He had a fixed place of residence, therefore, he deserves to be released on regular ail.

4. Learned State counsel has opposed the prayer for regular bail while conceding that petitioner was charged only under Section

143(2) for Trafficking.

5. Petitioner is in judicial custody in the case for the last more than 10 months. He has been booked by the police under Section 143(2) BNS. There is no allegation of sexual assault against him. He is stated to be running the Hotel where the prosecutrix was left by Sheikh Shamsood Rehman and his wife. Whether or not he received the prosecutrix for the purpose of exploitation by using threats, force, coercion, abduction, fraud, abuse of power or inducement would be a matter of trial. Petitioner has a fixed abode. There is no flight risk. His antecedents are clean. Trial, to conclude, may take some time. Considering all the relevant facts and circumstances of the case, as also the period of custody, petitioner is ordered to be released on regular bail subject to his furnishing adequate bail and surety bonds to the satisfaction of trial Court/Duty Magistrate.

All the pending miscellaneous applications, if any, stand disposed of.

(SHALINI SINGH NAGPAL)

JUDGE

12.12.2025 reema

Whether speaking/reasoned : Yes

Whether reportable : No