High Court quashes 2013 paid-sex case against alleged customer in Ernakulam
The High Court recorded that police had booked an alleged customer and others over paid sexual activity at a lodge in 2013. It found that the petitioner was only a customer and quashed the proceedings against him.
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How we verify →The case against the customer stands quashed; no trial remains against that person.
What happened
The High Court recorded that the case arose from Crime No.852/2013 of Kothamangalam Police Station, Ernakulam, pending as CC No.562/2015.
The High Court recorded that the prosecution case is that on 20.6.2013, in the morning, one accused took another accused in a car to a lodge for paid sexual activity, with arrangements attributed to a middle accused.
The High Court recorded that the petitioner herein was only a customer and he has taken another accused for paid activity, with no reference in the excerpt to minors, force or coercion.
The High Court ordered that all further proceedings against the petitioner in CC No.562/2015 arising from the said crime are quashed.
What the record says
“All further proceedings against the petitioner in CC. No.562/2015”
CRL.MC NO. 3930 OF 2025, operative paragraph — read the full text
No complaining victim
The act was paid sex between consenting adults with no complaining victim, force or minor involved, yet punished under brothel-trafficking law.
What we could not confirm
Full FIR and lodge records were not opened; reliance is on the High Court order excerpt. Ages of other accused beyond the customer were not stated, but no minor or force allegation appears.