Any person availing the services of a sex worker in a brothel is liable to be prosecuted for the offence under Section 5 (1) (d) of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956, Kerala High Court observed in Sarath Chandran v. State of Kerala [2025: KER:59585].
The person seeking service of sex is actually inducing that sex worker to carry on prostitution by paying money. Such a person cannot be called a customer, the High Court clarified.
