Tagged “human-trafficking”

Konda Hemanth Kumar v. State of Telangana (2026): a customer of a sex worker is not a 'trafficker' under section 370 IPC

The Telangana High Court held that a man who pays for a sex worker's services cannot be prosecuted as a trafficker under section 370 IPC. He may be charged under section 370A(2) only if he knew, or had reason to believe, the woman was trafficked. Mere presence near a brothel is not enough.