ANJLI Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The present order shall dispose of the above-mentioned 2 petitions, filed under Section 438 Cr.P.C., praying for grant of anticipatory bail in FIR No.56 dated 09.05.2019 (Annexure P-1) under Sections 376-D, 120-B IPC registered at Police Station Division E, Amritsar (initially registered zero FIR at Police Station Padampur District Sriganganagar, Rajasthan on 16.03.2019) qua petitioners, Ms.Anjli @ Meena Kumari in CRM-31309-2019 and Ms.Jyoti Sharma in CRM-M-13577-2020. The prayer for regular bails for the other 5 accused in CRM-M-13529-2020, CRM-M-13082-2020, CRM-M-52721, 32970 & 35674-2019 shall also be dealt by the same order since the factual background is the same in all the said cases.

(2.) The facts of the present case would go on to show that the girls who shall be referred to as 'D' and 'S', residents of Rajasthan are aged 20/18 years were studying in a college at Rajasthan, the name of which is not being mentioned. They had been dropped by their father in the college and on account of a dispute within the family, both of them went missing and landed up in Punjab. Initially they went to Muktsar by catching a bus and thereafter, to the holy city of Amritsar, where they had lived in Gurudwara for some days.

(3.) They had initially taken a room on rent when they were accosted by the petitioners-Gagandeep Singh @ Gagan and Vikram Singh @ Vicky, who had allured 'D' that they would arrange a job for them. Thereafter, they had been introduced to one Joginder Kaur @ Simmi, non-applicant who got them into prostitution. Gagandeep had committed rape with 'D' and made videos of the same and started blackmailing them and started supplying them for further prostitution through Simmi. 'D' also was sent to Delhi by Gagandeep Singh wherein Kamlesh Verma (non-applicant) and Jyoti Sharma (applicant) with the help of Anil and Raju, facilitated prostitution in farmhouses and at Rajouri Gardens at Delhi and getting done the wrong work from house of Kamlesh Verma. She had remained there for 4 days. S was sent to Joginder Kaur @ Simmi at Jalandhar for the said purpose.