Court acquits woman in 10-yr-old flesh trade case
Thane: A Thane court has acquitted a 57-year-old woman accused in a 10-year-old case of flesh trade that involved
women trafficking
and pushing them into prostitution. The prosecution told the court that the police's anti-human trafficking cell had raided an apartment at Savarkar Nagar in February 2015, arresting the accused after sending a decoy customer.
The police also rescued three women who were pushed into the trade. The accused was booked under Indian Penal Code (IPC) section 370 (trafficking of persons) and provision of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act.
The judge noted the decoy and victims were not examined by the prosecution. According to the court, the victims were not traceable and the decoy did not turn up despite summons. The prosecution failed to comply with the order of January 31, 2025, that asked them to arrange for the witnesses for deposition and were unable to prove the charges levelled against the accused. The court now considers this a closed case. PTI
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