A city court convicted a woman running a brothel and sentenced her to 10 years’ jail for forcing a minor girl into prostitution. Additional sessions judge Kaveri Baweja awarded the jail term to Haseena for the offences of inducing a minor girl to carry on prostitution and for detaining the victim, who was less than 17-years-old. The judge also directed closure of the brothel.
“The victim has been held to be a ‘minor’ under the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956, and convict Haseena is found guilty of the offences punishable under Sections 5(1)(d) {induces a person (minor) to carry on prostitution] and 6 (detaining a person in premises where prostitution is carried on) of the Act. “...The above named convict is directed to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of 10 years,” the ASJ said.
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Man accused of selling wife refused bail
New Delhi, June 14: The Delhi high court on Friday declined to grant anticipatory bail to a man, accused of selling his wife to another man who allegedly raped her, but asked the police to file a status report on his plea.
Justice V.P. Vaish asked the police to file a status report by June 21 while hearing the husband’s petition which challenged the lower court’s order rejecting his plea for anticipatory bail in a case of rape, illegal confinement and criminal intimidation.
The case was lodged by the wife against the man, to whom she was allegedly sold, and her husband and in-laws for their alleged role in it.
The petitioner’s counsel said that the FIR is only against the man who raped her but has nothing against his client, adding that he has been falsely implicated. — PTI