Shri Sunil Kumar Singha vs . State Of Meghalaya & Ors. on 22 August, 2022
In support of his contention, the learned counsel has cited the case
of Pravin Rana v. State of Karnataka: 2019 SCC Online Kar 3067 and
also the case of Dilip Jana v. State of West Bengal: 2009 SCC Online Cal
1569 where, in similarly situated cases as the instant case, the Hon'ble High
Court reading into the provisions of Section 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 of the Immoral
Traffic (Prevention) Act, vis-a-vis the fact that the accused therein was found
to be a customer of prostitution and in the case of Dilip Jana (supra), where
the accused was caught red-handed by the police in the presence of
independent witnesses from a hotel, while he was carrying on prostitution,
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the Court found that no offence under Section 3, 4, 5 & 6 has been made out
against the petitioner therein.