Supreme Court of India

Shri A.C. Aggarwal, Sub-divisional Magistrate, Delhi & Anr. v. Mst. Ram Kali, Etc.

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Reported as [1968] 1 S.C.R. 205
Bench K.N. Wanchoo J.
Decided 16 August 1967

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that in cases like those before us the magistrate who is also a court as provided in s.22 must at the first instance proceed against the persons complained against under the penal provisions in ss.3 or 7 as the case may be, and only C after the disposal of those cases take action under s.18 if there is occasion for it.

Judgment, page 8

From the headnote

RAMASWAMI, Suppression of Immoral Traffic in Women and Girls Act (104 of 1956), s. 18(1)-If violative of Art. 14 of the Constituti';"'-Dllltli of Magistrate when cognizable offence under ss. 3 or 7 disclosed. Section 18 of the Suppression o! Immoral Traffic in Women and Girls Act, 1956, provides for two classes of cases namely, (1) those coming under ss. 3 or 7 as well as under s. 18, and (2) those coming only under s. 18. Sections 3 and 7 provide for the punishment of per· sons guilty of the offences men~iOIIled therein after a regular trial, with a right of appeal. Section 18 ls a

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