JUDGMENT

(Prayer: Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 482 of Cr.P.C., to call for the records and quash the FIR registered in AVS – II P.S. Crime No.9 of 2021 against the petitioner pending on the file of the respondent Police.)

This Criminal Original Petition has been filed to quash the FIR registered in Crime No.9 of 2021, pending on the file of the Anti Vice Squad - II Police Station, Chennai, for the offences punishable under Sections 3 (2) a, 4 (1), 5 (1) a & 5 (1) d of The Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956 and 370 A (2) of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.

2. Heard Mr.D.Prasanna Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr.A.Gokulakrishnan, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the respondents.

3. The allegation against the petitioner is that when the police party headed by the Inspector of Police raided a massage centre, the petitioner was also present along with the sex workers and he was apprehended and arrayed as A.5.

4. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submitted that even if the entire allegations are taken together, it would not attract any offence. He further submitted that doing sex work is not illegal and only running a brothel is illegal.

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