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2024 DIGILAW 1586 (RAJ)

Subhash Chandra, S/o Shri Vakilchand v. State of Rajasthan

2024-11-19

FARJAND ALI

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Order : FARJAND ALI, J. 1. By way of filing the instant criminal miscellaneous petition under Section 482 of the CrPC, challenge is made to the order dated 30.03.2011, whereby the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Metrocity Jodhpur directed to frame the charges against the petitioner under Section 3, 4 and 8 of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956. A revision was preferred bearing Criminal Revision No.35/2011, wherein the learned Court of revision held that sufficient material was not there to charge the petitioner for the offence under Section 3 and 8 of the Act of 1956. However, she affirmed the charge under Section 4 of the Act of 1956 to proceed against the petitioner. 2. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the material placed on the record. 3. Section 4 of the Act of 1956 makes a provision for punishment to a person living on the earnings of prostitution and as per which, any person over the age of 18 years, if knowingly lives, wholly or in part, on the earnings of the prostitution, he shall be punished. Even if the allegations as levelled in the complaint and the other material are taken on its face value or even if the evidence is not rebutted, nowhere it is alleged that the petitioner was the person, who was living on the earnings of prostitution. Since the ingredients, which are essential to constitute the charge are not available, therefore, he cannot be forced to face the rigour of trial. 4. As a consequence of the above discussions, the instant criminal miscellaneous petition deserves to be and is hereby allowed. The order dated 30.03.2011 passed by the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Metrocity Jodhpur in Criminal Case No.10/2011 as well as the order dated 10.07.2013 passed by the learned Special Judge, SC/ST Act Cases, Jodhpur in Criminal Revision No.35/2011 are quashed and set aside. The petitioner is exonerated from the charge. 5. The stay petition is disposed of.