VIJAYAWADA: The high court, in a recent judgement, held that a customer of sex workers is not liable for prosecution. The petitioner argued that the law is settled earlier in such matters where the AP high court and also the Karnataka high court passed judgments mentioning the same.
One Ch Raj Kumar moved the high court challenging the proceedings against him before the special first class judicial magistrate mobile, Guntur. He was made one of the accused in the case registered by Nagarampalam police after conducting raids on a brothel house in the year 2020. Raj Kumar was held by the police as a customer and charges were framed against him.
