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The instant petition is filed calling the petitioner before the Court for proceedings in an FIR registered for the offences punishable under Sections 3, 4, 5 and 6 of Immoral Traffic Prevention Act, 1956 (\u2018Act\u2019 for short) and Section 370 of the IPC.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Court relied on judgment <em>Barath SP v. State of Karnataka<strong>, <\/strong><\/em>in Crl.P.No.1757\/2022 disposed on 24-03-2022 and observed that a customer, in a brothel, cannot be hauled into criminal proceedings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Court thus held <em>\u201cthe facts obtaining in the case at hand are identical, as the aforesaid criminal petition was also considering the case of a customer in a brothel at the time of search. It would, therefore, cover the case at hand on all its fours.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[Babu v. State, Criminal petition No. 2119 of 2022, decided on 04-04-2022]<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Appearances:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For petitioner- Mr. Ravi R<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For respondent- Ms. Yashodha K P<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Arunima Bose, Editorial Assistant has reported this brief.<\/span><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karnataka High Court: M Nagaprasanna J. allowed the criminal petition and quashed the proceedings in Crime No.347\/2021 pending before the 32nd Additional 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