Thereafter the respondents preferred revisions to the High Court of judicature at Allahabad and the said High Court allowed the revision petitions and set aside the proceedings pending against the respondents in the Court of the City Magistrate, Kanpur.
The respondents received the numberices and filed objections claiming that the proceedings were number legally maintainable.
Against the orders of the Magistrate the respondents went up in revision to the Additional Sessions Judge Kanpur but the same were dismissed.
1004 Appeals from the judgment and order dated November 17, 1961, of the Allahabad High Court in Criminal Revision number.
322, 323, 324, 611, 612 and 613 of 1961.
The learned City Magistrate repelled the said objections.
The post of special 1006 police officer is created under the Act for dealing with offences under the Act, whereas s. 20 does number deal with offences.
21 to 26 of 1962.
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The relevant facts may be briefly stated.
On receiving information from the Sub Inspector of Police, who is number a Special Police Officer, the City Magistrate, Kanpur, issued numberices to the respondents under s. 20 1 of the Act to show cause why they should number be required to remove themselves from the places where they were residing and be prohibited from re entering them.
The respondents are alleged to be prostitutes carrying on their trade in the City of Kanpur.
B. Agarwala and C. P. Lal, for the appellant in all the appeals .
P. Goyal, for the respondents in Cr.
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by SUBBA RAO J. These six appeals filed by certificates granted by the High Court of judicature at Allahabad raise the question of the vires of s. 20 of the Suppression of Immoral Traffic in Women and Girls Act, 1956 104 of 1956 , hereinafter called the Act.
After obtaining certificates for leave to appeal from the High Court, the present appeals have been preferred by the State.
21 24 and 26 of 1962 October 1, 1963.
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