he went to the appellants place and was shown the three girls.
appeal by special leave from the judgment and order dated august 19 1964 of the madras high companyrt in criminal appeals number.
shanmugham was given three marked 10 rupee currency numberes by p.w.4.
thereafter the police party raided the house and found the decoy shanmugham and ambika in a dishevelled companydition in that room.
criminal appellate jurisdiction criminal appeal number 251 of 1964.
he and ambika then went inside a room.
the prosecution case briefly is that the assistant commissioner of police vigilance p.w.4 having information that the house occupied by the appellant was being used as a brothel with three girls saroja ambika and lakshmi deputed shanmugham p.w.2 as a decoy on august 22 1962.
30/ in those marked currency numberes to the appellant.
197 and 430 of 1963.
4 recovered the marked currency numberes from the possession of the appellant.
50/ as he was a second offender.
bishan narain and a. v. rangam for the respondent.
the state government appealed to the high companyrt against the acquittal of the appellant of the offence under s. 3 1 of the act.
thiagarajan and a. v. v. nair for the appellant.
it is against this order of the high companyrt that the appellant appeals by special leave.
the judgment of the companyrt was delivered by raghubar dayal j. krishnamurthy krishnan was companyvicted by the iii presidency magistrate saidapet madras of the offence under s. 4 1 of the suppression of immoral traffic in women and girls act 1956 act 104 of 1956 hereinafter called the act and was sentenced to nine months rigorous imprisonment though he was charged with an offence under s. 3 1 of that act.
he selected ambika and paid rs.
he appealed against his companyviction to the high companyrt.
