Supreme Court of India
Budhadev Karmaskar v. State of West Bengal
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What the Court ordered
We are of the view that the prostitutes also have a right to live with dignity under Article 21 of the Constitution of India since they are also human beings and their problems also need to be addressed.
Judgment, page 6
From the headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - s. 302 - Brutal murder of a sex worker - Conviction and sentence u/s. 302, by the courts below - Justification of - Held: Justified - Injuries show brutality of the crime - Head of the deceased was battered again and again in a hideous and barbaric manner - Testimony of the eye-witnesses corroborates the medical evidence - Accused having committed murder in a brutal manner of a helpless woman, deserves no sympathy - Thus, order of conviction upheld - Crime against women.
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