Prostitution not an offence, its public solicitation is: Bombay high court

孟买高等法院：卖淫不犯法，公开拉客犯法

MUMBAI: Observing that prostitution, by itself, is neither a criminal offence under law, nor punishable, but its public solicitation is, the Bombay high court set aside lower courts’ orders that detained three women in a corrective home for almost a year. The court ordered that they be released immediately.

孟买：孟买高等法院表示，卖淫本身在法律上既不属于刑事犯罪，也不应受到惩罚，但公开拉客却属于刑事犯罪。因此，孟买高等法院驳回下级法院将三名女子拘留矫正所近一年的命令。法院下令立即将她们释放。

Last year, following a raid at a Malad guest house, the three women—the youngest aged 20—were picked up as ‘victims’ and their alleged pimp was arrested and booked under provisions of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act.

去年，在对Malad宾馆的一次突击检查之后，三名女性（年龄最小的20岁）作为“受害者”被带走，她们的皮条客也被逮捕，并根据《不道德交易防止法》登记在案。

“What is punishable under the Act is sexual exploitation or abuse of person for commercial purpose and to earn the bread, except where a person is carrying on prostitution in a public place or is found soliciting or seducing another person,” said Justice Prithviraj Chavan in his order on Thursday.

周四，法官普里特维拉杰在其签发的命令中表示：“根据该法案，可惩罚的对象是为商业目的和谋生而对人进行性剥削或虐待的，以及在公共场所拉客的行为。”

The women were adults, the Bombay HC said, and entitled to their fundamental right to move freely and choose their own vocation. The HC was critical of the lower courts—a Mazgaon magistrate and the Dindoshi sessions court—for not considering the consent of the ‘victims’ before ordering their detention in the corrective home. The HC said that even the magistrate appears to have been “swayed by the fact that the petitioners belong to a particular caste”.

高等法院对下级法院未经“受害者”同意就下令将她们拘留在矫正所提出了批评。最高法院表示，就连法官似乎也“被上诉人属于特定种姓这一事实所左右”。

The women, through advocate Ashok Saraogi, had challenged the lower court orders of October and November 2019. The HC quashed them as being “bad in law”.

这几个女子通过律师阿肖克·萨拉吉对2019年10月和11月的下级法院命令提出法嘴。最高法院以“违反法律”为由驳回命令。

The Bombay high court also noted several “glaring discrepancies” in the raid report and failure of the magistrate in inquiring whether the alleged pimp was running a brothel or procuring women.

孟买高等法院还指出，突击检查报告中有几个“明显的矛盾之处”，地方法官未能查明该名皮条客是否经营妓院或拉客。

印度时报读者的评论：

译文来源：三泰虎 http://www.santaihu.com/p/50928.html   译者：Jessica.Wu

suvojit

it's time to legalize the oldest profession of the world. as long as there is no human trafficking angle involved prostitution should be ok. this would certainly bring down the rape cases as well.

是时候让这个世界上最古老的职业合法化了。只要没有拐卖人口就行，卖淫可以接受，这也能降低强奸案的数量。

Abvp

Very good decision. Democracy means freedom to choose to liberty to think and voice. What and who can interfere in my personal affairs when I am not danger to society or interfering anybody's life unwarranted.

判得好。民*意味着有选择、思考和表达的自由。当我对社会不构成危险或不妨碍其他人的生活时，任何人都不能干涉我的私事。

Pream

Yes tomorrow you will ask to make Drugs Legal in the country as Democracy means Freedom to chose to smoke anything that you want!!!

明天你就会要求让毒品在这个国家合法化，因为民*意味着自由选择吸食任何你想要吸食的的东西!!

Rama Krishna B

Good. Hope all the courts now follow the same judgement.

很好。希望印度所有法院都遵循同样的判决。

Venu

Prostitution, Drugs, Gambling can never be controlled anywhere on earth

卖淫、毒-品、赌博在地球上任何地方都不可能得到控制

gm badal

Don't blame earth you must blame your India which is renowned in the world as rapist country.

不要扯上全球，只能说印度，印度是世界上有名的强奸之都。

Rene Fernandez

The reality in India is that most of the clients that have quickies with prostitutes are married men . Thie need of the hour is to legalize prostitution across the country as it is a way of earning money and this profession is the oldest in the world . By legalizing it India can get rid of the pimps etc who exploit women

印度的现实情况是，大多数嫖客都是已婚男性。现在需要的是在印度全国范围内将卖淫合法化，这也是一个盈利的行业，而且卖淫是世界上最古老的职业。卖淫合法化后，印度可以摆脱皮条客等剥削妇女的人。

Sharad Nibandhe

Very Good Decision. Any Woman can choose to do prostitution, it's just like any other profession.

判得好。你可以选择卖淫，就像其他职业一样。

martyn singh

Very good decision. This will help many to do their profession in a better way. As long as theres no pim or human trafficking involved its fine. Hope it reduces rapes as well.

判得好。这将帮助许多人合法从事他们的职业。只要不涉及拉皮条或贩卖人口，就没问题。而且也能减少强奸案的发生。

Aaditya Kulkarni

People sell what they have for a living. Prostitutes sell their body. Intelligent people sell/rent their brain to capitalists to earn money. Laborer's sell their physical work. All are similar as long as it is voluntary and there is no exploitation.

人们以出售自己所拥有的的东西为生。妓女出卖身体，聪明人把自己的大脑卖给资本家来赚钱，劳动者出售他们的体力劳动，这些都是相似的，只要是自愿的，没有剥削。

What is in Name

Our Indian society is highly hypocritic. In public we wear a musk of honesty but behind we do all types of immoral, unethical activities. If prostitution is legalized in proper way it'll bring good. It'll bring down the chance of HIV. Presently everything is done but illegally and harmfully.

印度社会是高度伪善的。在公共场合，我们戴着一副诚实的面具，但在背后，我们却做着各种不道德的事情。如果卖淫以适当的方式合法化，它将带来好处。这会降低感染艾滋病毒的几率。现在卖淫是非法的，这是有害的。

Leon Fernandes

prostitution has to be legalized. welcome decision.

卖淫应该在印度合法化，这个判决是受欢迎的。

Dv Amla

Best is to legalize prostitution an age old profession with clearlity and rules for betterment of Society.

最好的办法是让卖淫在印度合法化，这是一种古老的职业，对社会有好处。

Mohan Turaga

It is already legal, that is what the court said. Please know the subject before writing.

印度法院已经说了卖淫是合法的了。

Tiger Shabs

Prostitution is NEVER an offence if legally practiced, second rape cases will NEVER come down due to prostitutions , Rape case will ONLY come down with one solution that is Capital Punishment

在印度法律上，卖淫从来就不是犯罪。其次，强奸案永远不会因为卖淫合法化而减少，杜绝强奸案只有一个解决办法，那就是对强奸犯判死刑，

Raj Vihol

Only because of these prostitutes, the other women can move freely in societ. They are not creminal, they are social scavanger and life saver of brocken hearts. Perfect justice is done.

只有有了这些妓女，其他女人才能在社会上自由活动。妓女不是罪犯，她们是社会清道夫，是生命的拯救者。正义得到了伸张，太好了。

Balachandramenon Vengasserry

Let all cities in India have medium to large Govt recognised brothels so that at least rape incidents in India will come to an end.

让印度所有城市开设当地政府认可的大中型妓院，这样至少能杜绝强奸事件

Surya Kant Agrawal

Please legalize prostitution.

请将卖淫合法化。

Kalyan Chakravarthy

Prostitution has always been legal in India. But pim is illegal.

卖淫在印度一直是合法的。但是拉皮条是违法的。

SkyWalker

Let's stop being primitive and legalize the world's oldest profession

让这个世界上最古老的职业合法化吧

Tsr The Urbanist

Legitimating it would reduce the incidences of Rapes to certain extent. It is like Drinking & Smoking, whose effects would be restricted to the individuals

卖淫合法化将在一定程度上减少强奸案的发生。卖淫就像喝酒和抽烟一样，其影响局限于个人

Honest Soul

Regulate this profession and make it legal

规范卖淫这个行业，使之合法