"By running this type of hotel and without keeping a record of the guests staying in the hotel, the petitioner is facilitating in crime and prosecutrix is one such victim in this case," the Court said.

"In the instant case, the victim 'X' is a girl aged around 16 years, and according to the victim she was kept in the hotel for about 4 days where she was repeatedly raped by the accused Jitender Pal. The petitioner, who is the owner of the hotel resides at the same place, and he cannot say that he was not aware as to what was going on in his hotel and he cannot put the entire blame on the staff of the hotel," the Court observed.

"First of all, the hotel was being run by the petitioner without any valid license and no record of the guests was being maintained and no IDs were being taken. Had ID of the victim and the accused Jitender Pal would have been taken at the time of said booking then the minor girl would have been saved from rape."

Since, the testimony of the victim was yet to be recorded, looking into the allegations and the seriousness of the offence, and the role played by the petitioner, no ground for bail was made out.