JUDGMENT

M.G. Sewlikar, J. - Rule. Rule is made returnable forthwith. With the consent of the parties at the admission stage heard fnally.

2. The applicant has fled this application under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure seeking invocation of inherent powers of this Court for quashing the F.I.R. dated 25.3.2018 No. 228 of 2018 punishable under Section 3, 4, 5 and 7 of the Immoral Trafc (Prevention) Act, 1986 (PITA Act) and under Section 370 of the Indian Penal Code.

3. Facts giving rise to this application are that on 24.3.2018, the complainant got the tip of that one Usha Ratnaprakash Thakur, a lady who is a tenant in the building of Balasaheb Kerba Suryawanshi, Rajiv Gandhi Square, Shriramnagar, Shivnery Colony, Beed, is running brothel. To ascertain the truthfulness of the information, a dummy customer was sent to the said brothel with a currency note of Rs. 500/- bearing No. 5 RW 533564. Accordingly a pancha and the said dummy customer were sent to the said brothel. The raiding party consisting of the informant, Police Naik Dahiphale, Nitin Savale, lady police Naik Gore, Chaure, and others followed them. On getting signal from the dummy customer, the raiding party r