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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

CRIMINAL BAIL APPLICATION NO.3717 OF 2021

Dipak @ Kumar Umashankar Tiwari

Applicant

versus

Union of India and another

Respondents

Ms.Pooja Agarwal with Mr.Prakash Chavan i/by Mr.Akshay Badve,

Advocate for applicant.

Ms.Keral Mehta, Advocate for respondent no.2.

Mr.H.S.Venegavkar, Special P.P. with Mr.Kamran Ali Shaikh, for UOI.

Mr.M.G.Patil, APP, for State.

CORAM : PRAKASH D. NAIK, J.

DATE : 6^th October 2022

PC :

1.

The applicant is seeking bail in CR No.68 of 2020 registered

with Nani Daman Police Station on 23^rd July 2020 for offences under

Sections 370, 370-A, 376, 506, 120-B r/w 34 of IPC and u/s.4, 5 of

Immoral Trafficking (Prevention) Act, 1956 and Sections 6 and 17 of

Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012. The

applicant was arrested on 26^th July 2020.

2.

The case of prosecution is that the victim girl is aged around

16 years hails from Bangladesh. Her friend induced her and brought

her to Kolkata. Thereafter she was kept there and some unknown

person brought her to