Madras High Court quashes sex-work case against customer found in Puducherry parlour raid
Police in Puducherry raided a beauty parlour and booked a customer present there under the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act and IPC. The High Court recorded that the adults were there with consent and there was no coercion. The Court quashed the proceedings against the customer.
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How we verify →The proceedings against the customer stand quashed by the Madras High Court order dated 26 August 2022.
What happened
The High Court recorded that on 07.03.2022 police conducted a raid at a beauty parlour in Puducherry and found women accompanying men inside massage rooms.
The High Court recorded that the case was registered as Crime No.46 of 2022 at Odian Salai Police Station under ITPA provisions and IPC Sections 370-A(2) and 34.
The High Court recorded that the adults were indulging in sexual acts with consent and there was no coercion of the sex workers and no allegation the customer ran the parlour or induced anyone.
The High Court held that continuing the FIR against the customer would be futile and quashed the proceedings against him.
What the record says
“there is no whisper about any coercion on the sex workers to commit the act”
[name withheld] vs State judgment, Indian Kanoon doc 113459635 — read the full text
No complaining victim
The case punished consensual adult paid sex with no complaining victim, no minor and no force found by the court.
What we could not confirm
Full paragraph numbers and judge name could not be confirmed from the fetched excerpts. No more recent Puducherry ITPA case with an official source was found in 2024-2026 searches.