Bombay High Court Allows Victims of Trafficking to Return to Home State in ITPA Case — Detention in Government Shelter Set Aside. Court held that victims of sex trafficking cannot be forcibly detained in a government shelter against their will for one year under Section 17 of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956, and must be repatriated to their home state if they so desire.
9 Aug 2019The case involves four victims of sex trafficking who were rescued from a brothel in Mumbai. They were produced before the Metropolitan Magistrate, wh...




