Victim Under Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act Can't Be Sent To Correctional Home Against Her Wishes If She Is An Adult: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

In a significant ruling, the Bombay High Court has held that a victim under the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, who is an adult, cannot be forced to stay at a correctional home against her wishes.Justice SS Shinde was hearing a criminal writ petition filed by one Asiya Shaikh, a 34-year-old resident of Pune who claims to have raised the victim in the present case, since she was a...