Man Allegedly Found With Woman in Spa Room During Prostitution Raid Stays in Jail as MP HC Rejects Bail

In brief

The question

Whether the applicant had made out a case for regular bail under Section 483 of the BNSS, having regard to the allegations, investigation material and circumstances of his apprehension.

The court held

The Court held that the applicant had not made out a case for bail, taking into account the nature and gravity of the allegations, the investigation material and the circumstances of his apprehension.

It also directed

It rejected the bail application.

01Facts

The applicant sought regular bail under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, in a case registered under Section 143 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Sections 3–7 of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956.

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His first bail application had been dismissed as withdrawn, with liberty to renew it after the filing of the charge-sheet; he had been in custody since 9 July 2026.

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The prosecution alleged that, during a police raid at a spa, the applicant was found in a room with a woman.

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The investigation also involved statements by women found at the premises and articles seized from the spa.

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The applicant argued that he had no specific role in the alleged activities, that the material did not establish the offences’ essential ingredients, and that continued detention would prejudice his speedy-trial rights.

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The State opposed bail, relying on the applicant’s alleged presence in the room with the woman.

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02Issues

i.Whether the applicant had made out a case for regular bail under Section 483 of the BNSS, having regard to the allegations, investigation material and circumstances of his apprehension.

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03Law Applied

Section 483 of the BNSS empowers the High Court to consider a regular-bail application.

¶ 1

The alleged offences were under Section 143 of the BNS and Sections 3–7 of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956.

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In deciding the application, the Court considered the nature and gravity of the allegations, the material collected during investigation, the circumstances in which the applicant was apprehended, and the women’s statements and articles allegedly recovered from the premises.

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The order cites no precedent or more detailed legal test for bail.

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Provisions in the judgment · 7 · Linked ones open on LawLens

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 Section 483

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 Section 143

Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956 Section 3 Section 4 Section 5 Section 6 Section 7

04Reasoning

The Court considered that the applicant was allegedly found in a room with a woman during a raid prompted by information about prostitution at the spa.

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It assessed that circumstance alongside the women’s statements and the articles allegedly recovered from the premises, and concluded that the allegations and investigation material did not justify exercising its discretion in the applicant’s favour at that stage.

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