KRISHNAMURTHY @ TAILOR KRISHNAN vs PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, MADRAS

The Supreme Court upheld the conviction of the appellant under Section 3(1) of the Suppression of Immoral Traffic in Women and Girls Act, 1956, affirming that a single instance of offering girls for prostitution, coupled with surrounding circumstances, suffices to establish the use of a place as a brothel. The Court clarified that the appellant's previous conviction under the Madras Suppression of Immoral Traffic Act, 1930, constituted a second conviction under the 1956 Act, as the earlier provisions were repealed but deemed in force at the time of the current conviction. The appeal was dismissed, affirming the High Court's decision to enhance the punishment due to the appellant being a second offender.