In the High Court at Calcutta Circuit Bench at Jalpaiguri Criminal Revisional Jurisdiction Present:

The Hon’ble Justice Rai Chattopadhyay CRR 407 of 2025 Subhojit Saha Vs.

The State of West Bengal For the petitioner : Ms. Suman Sehanabis : Mr. Salok Sah : Ms. Anwesha Chakraborty For the State : Mr. Aniruddha Biswas Heard On : 22.12.2025 Judgment On : 22.12.2025 Rai Chattopadhyay, J.

1. The petitioner who has been charged with offences under Sections 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956 has come up before this Court in the instant case seeking quashing of the criminal proceedings against him being Sessions Case No. 89 (06) of 2022 corresponding to GR Case No. 280 of 2020, now pending in the Court of learned Additional District and Sessions Judge, 1st Court at Siliguri, Darjeeling.

2. According to Ms. Suman Sehanabis, learned advocate for the petitioner, the offences as alleged against the petitioner would not be applicable in his case, he being allegedly the customer in the prostitution carried on at the instance of the other co-accused persons.

3. Ms. Sehanabis, learned advocate in this regard has referred to the statement of the detainee alleged to have been