Can a ‘customer’ in a brothel be proceeded against criminally under the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956; Kerala High Court answers
Kerala High Court held that the words ‘person with whom such prostitution is carried on’ as appearing in section 7(1) of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956 will include a ‘customer’. Thus, a customer in a brothel can be proceeded against criminally.