Khushi Doshi
Published on: April 17, 2022 at 14:33 IST
The Aurangabad Bench of the Bombay High Court recently observed that advances in Medical Science allow for the determination of a woman’s past pregnancy based on changes in her body while refusing to Discharge a Doctor charged with Raping a Minor and Aborting her six-month-old Foetus.
Justice MG Sewlikar, a single-judge, was hearing a Criminal Revision Application filed by the Accused, a child specialist doctor from Jalna District, who was contesting a Special Court Decision refusing to discharge him from the Case.
The Accused stated in front of Justice Sewlikar that there was no proof that the girl had ever conceived or had suffered any abortion. The Evidence of the Medical professional who examined the girl was taken into account by the High Court at this point.
After the Victim’s mother submitted a First Information Report (FIR) saying that he had raped her underage daughter on many occasions between October and November 2018, the Accused doctor was Arrested in October 2019.
She said that the Doctor offered to marry the girl only when the Victim agreed to Sexual Relations.
However, when she became pregnant and was in her sixth month, the Accused admitted her to his nursing home and Terminated the Foetus.