Overview

• Justice Anil Kumar Jukanti held that a sub-inspector who raided Hyderabad’s Blue Bells Spa lacked jurisdiction under the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act.
• Criminal proceedings against the 35-year-old petitioner were quashed for material irregularity in the raid, search, seizure, and FIR registration.
• The court directed the Telangana DGP to notify and appoint special police officers of inspector rank or above for specified areas within four weeks.
• The public prosecutor acknowledged that no government notification appointing such special officers had been placed on record.
• The June 2025 operation proceeded without a search warrant, seized phones and unused condoms, and included allegations of coercion, but the court’s decision turned on procedural noncompliance.