No prosecution of customer for mere visit to brothel house for prostitution

Chennuboina Raj Kumar Vs State of Andhra Pradesh (Andhra Pradesh HC) Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is only customer who visited the said brothel house for prostitution on payment made to other accused and as per the settled law in this regard, customer is not liable for prosecution for any of the offences for which the F.I.R. is registered. Therefore, he would submit that allowing the proceedings to be continued against the petitioner in the facts and circumstances of the case would amount to abuse of process of Court. Therefore, prayed for quash of the said pr...