Consensual Sex Work Not an Offence, Immoral Trafficking Case Against Sex Worker Quashed: Chhattisgarh High Court

The Chhattisgarh High Court has held that when it is clear that a sex worker is an adult and is participating in sex work voluntarily and with consent, the police must refrain from unnecessary interference or criminal action merely on that ground. A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal observed that continuing criminal proceedings against an adult consenting sex worker, without material showing her…