The Bombay High Court has acquitted six persons of offences under the Immoral Trafficking (Prevention) Act (PITA) and abettment of rape. The court ruled that subjecting women to prostitution cannot be equated with the commission of rape, as there was nothing on record to show that sexual intercourse by the victims was without their consent. The conviction under various sections of PITA was also set aside due to a fatal procedural lapse by the police.

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