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whereby they have been sentenced for the offences for which they have been convicted.

5. The appellant, A1-Anita Devi, stood charged for the offences under sections 346, 367, 370, 370A, 372, 373, 376 all read with section 34 of IPC and 120B of the Indian Penal Code (in short 'IPC') and also stood charged for the offences under sections 4, 6, 12 and 17 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Patna High Court CR. APP (SJ) No.3181 of 2022 dt.22-03-2024 Act (in short 'POCSO Act') and also charged for the offences under sections 3, 4, 5 and 6 of Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act (in short 'ITP Act'), all read with section 34 of IPC and also stood charged for the offences under sections 75 and 79 of Juvenile Justice Act (in short 'J.J. Act') read with section 34 of IPC and under section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition & Excise Act. The other appellants (A2 to A5) stood charged for the same offences like A1.

6. The trial court held the appellant no. 1 guilty of the offences punishable under sections 3, 4, 5 and 6 of ITP Act and under section 4 of POCSO Act. She was acquitted of other offences for which she was charged.

7. The trial court convicted the appellants A2 to A5 for the offence punishable under section 4 of POCSO Act and they were acquitted of other charged offences.

8. The trial court sentenced the appellant A1 to undergo rigorous imprisonment for one year with a fine of Rs. 1,000/- and in default of payment of fine, to further undergo simple imprisonment for one month for the offence under section 3 of ITP Act read with section 120B of IPC. She was further sentenced to undergo simple imprisonment for one year with a fine of Rs. 1,000/- and in default of payment of fine, to further undergo Patna High Court CR. APP (SJ) No.3181 of 2022 dt.22-03-2024 simple imprisonment for one month for committing the offence under section 4 of ITP Act read with section 120B of IPC. She was further sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for three years with a fine of Rs. 1,000/- and in default of payment of fine, to further undergo simple imprisonment for one month for committing the offence under section 5 of ITP Act read with section 120B of IPC. She was further sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for seven years with a fine of Rs. 10,000/- and in default of payment of fine, to further undergo simple imprisonment for six months for committing the offence under section 6 of ITP Act read with section 120B of IPC and she was also sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for ten years with a fine of Rs. 50,000/- and in default of payment of fine, to further undergo simple imprisonment for six months for committing the offence under section 4(1) of POCSO Act read with section 120B of IPC. All these sentences were directed to run concurrently.

11. The Circle Inspector, Madan Kumar Singh, informant of this case, filed a written FIR (Ext P-6) describing the Patna High Court CR. APP (SJ) No.3181 of 2022 dt.22-03-2024 above allegations, on that basis, a formal FIR bearing Sadar Town P.S. Case No. 536/2020 was registered under sections 346, 367, 370, 370(A), 372, 373, 376, 120(B) read with section 34 of IPC, under sections 4, 6, 12 and 17 of POCSO Act, under sections 3, 4, 5 and 6 of ITP Act, under sections 75 and 79 of J.J. Act and under section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition & Excise Act, which set the criminal law in motion.

In view of this evidence as well as considering the victim's evidence in respect to A2 to A5, their conviction under section 4 of POCSO Act does not appear to be proper and legal and the same requires interference from this Court.

27. For the above noted and discussed evidences and circumstances coming out from the prosecution evidences, this Court forms the opinion that A1-Anita Devi confined the victim in her house, forced the victim to undergo prostitution and establish sexual relation with several persons and the appellant used the premises of her house to run prostitution activity and earned money by subjecting the victim to prostitution and the prosecution also succeeded to prove the victim's minority and her age being below 18 years when the alleged occurrence was being committed with her. As such, the conviction of appellant Anita Devi (A1) for the offences punishable under sections 3, 4, 5 and 6 of ITP Act and under section 4 of POCSO Act appears to be proper and legal and this Court finds no reason to interfere with the same, hence, the conviction of the appellant Anita Devi is hereby upheld and Patna High Court CR. APP (SJ) No.3181 of 2022 dt.22-03-2024 her criminal appeal bearing no. Cr. APP(SJ) No. 3181/2022 stands dismissed.