Law: West Pakistan Suppression of Prostitution Ordinance (II of 1961)

Section: 3

West Pakistan Suppression of Prostitution Ordinance (II of 1961) S. 3-Brothel, running of-Petitioner alleged to be running his house as brothel and allowing bad character people to visit his house -No allegation in complaint as to person being used for immoral purpose by petitioner-Petitioner an old man and his wife also quite old Out of five daughters of petitioner four already married and living with their husbands and fifth daughter also given in Nikah-None in house to attract immoral persons for immoral purposes - Prosecution witnesses admittedly not reliable-Defence witnesses quite respectable and worthy of reliance testifying to good character of accused and denying to have ever heard of petitioner having been running brothel Case, against petitioner, held, not well-founded and conviction set aside. Date of hearing : 22nd February, 1981.                                                                                                                                                                  JUDGMENT Ashiq Hussain son of Haji Karim Bakhsh resident of Nowshera Cantt.. District Peshawar was prosecuted under section 3 of Suppression of Prostitution Ordinance, 1961 and he was found guilty of the said offence by Mr. Gui Rehman Khan, Magistrate Ist Class, Nowsbera who convicted him and sentenced him to undergo simple imprisonment for a period of one month and also to pay a fine of Rs. 200 or in default of payment of fine to undergo further simple imprisonment for two months. 2. The allegations against the petitioner as we find in the complaint (Exh. P. B.) are that he was running his house as a brothel house and was allowing bad character people to visit his house. There is no allegation in A this complaint as to who was being used for immoral purposes by the…