JUDGMENT

D. Ramesh, J. - This Criminal Petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short 'Cr.P.C.'), is filed seeking quash of the proceedings in P.R.C.No.06 of 2022 on the file of the Special Judicial Magistrate of First Class for Mobile, Guntur.

2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that based on the information received on 19.10.2020, the police registered crime against the petitioner and after conducting investigation, Charge Sheet was filed before Special Judicial Magistrate of First Class for Mobile, Guntur, in P.R.C.No.06 of 2022 which is under committal stage. The allegation against the petitioner is that at the time when the police raided the brothel house, they found the petitioner herein in the said brother house as customer who visited for prostitution on payment of money to other accused.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is only customer who visited the said brothel house for prostitution on payment made to other accused and as per the settled law in this regard, customer is not liable for pros