Y. BHASKARA RAO, J.

( 1 ) mehaboob-KI-MEHINDI is an infamous redlight area lying in the thickly populated and business locality near Charminar where the dehumanising carnal trade has been flourishing for several decades. Though flesh trade was, prohibited by the law enacted as early as in 1956, prostitution is being carried on under the very nose of the police. However, the misery of the unfortunate sex-girls in the area was brought to the notice of the Court by a write up in the Telugu Daily eenadu followed by the letter dated 06-03-1997 of a public spirited person by name P. M. Swamy of "liberation Front".

( 2 ) THIS Court treated the said letter as writ petition and the Commissioner of Police, Hyderabad city (second respondent) was directed to cause enquiry through the Superintendent of Police for women Protection Cell as to how many women have been kept forcibly in the place called Mehaboob ki Mehndi at Hyderabad and submit a report.

( 3 ) ACCORDINGLY, the Superintendent of Police, Women Protection Cell, CID, Hyderabad, went to the area and conducted a detailed enquiry on-12-4-1997 and 16-4-1997 and submitted an elaborate report. During the course of enquiry, the Superinten

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