JUDGMENT

Shampa Dutt (Paul), J. - The Revisional application has been filed by the accused/petitioner praying for quashing of criminal investigation in Newtown Police Station Case No. 524/2018, Under Sections 3/4/5/6/7 of Immoral Trafficking (Prevention) Act, 1956.

2. That on 08.12.2018 between 23.15 to 23.30 hrs, while on duty, the opposite party no. 2, Inspector of Police, New Town, Police Station received a telephonic information from Bidhannagar Police Commissionate that illegal prostitution was going on inside a flat namely Sudarshan Vista, DF - 35, Kolkata- 156, under Newtown Police Station.

3. The premises also was found inhabited by one another male person who identified himself as Arjun Halder S/O Shyam Halder. On interrogation they disclosed that the room at the said premises have been used as a brothel by the above noted Arjun Halder and his another associate namely Sankar Maity @ Raj and very often he used to procure girls for sexual relaxation for male customers, and also admitted that the subjects viz. (i) Diganta Bora S/O Chittaranjan Bora, (ii) Siba Kumar S/O Padamanabhan, (iii) Shubhendu Mandal S/O Biswanath Mandal and (iv) Pradip Ray (21 years) S/O Bablu Ray is the c