Bombay HC relief to doctor accused of inappropriately touching patient during Medical Examination
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Mumbai: A Medical practitioner who had been accused of inappropriately touching a patient during a medical examination has received a relief from the Bombay High Court, which quashed the FIR against him and ruled that whatever was done by the doctor was appropriate to the medical situation.
A case was filed by a woman, who around two years ago went to the said doctor's clinic with complaints with her nerves in the right and left hand. TOI reports that in her complaint, she said that the doctor made her sit on the examination table and told her to hold his fingers with both her hands, which she did. He then pressed her hands as well as shoulders. Post this, the doctor gave her Vitamin D3 and D12 injections in her hip.
However, stating that she did not find the doctor's touch appropriate, she filed an FIR against him in the Navghar Police Station. It is reported that the FIR was filed under various sections of the Indian Penal Code including outraging a woman's modesty (section 354), physical contact and advances involving unwelcome and explicit sexual overtures (section 354A)and based on the veracity of the complaint, the doctor could have faced a jail term of 3 years.
A case was filed by a woman, who around two years ago went to the said doctor's clinic with complaints with her nerves in the right and left hand. TOI reports that in her complaint, she said that the doctor made her sit on the examination table and told her to hold his fingers with both her hands, which she did. He then pressed her hands as well as shoulders. Post this, the doctor gave her Vitamin D3 and D12 injections in her hip.
However, stating that she did not find the doctor's touch appropriate, she filed an FIR against him in the Navghar Police Station. It is reported that the FIR was filed under various sections of the Indian Penal Code including outraging a woman's modesty (section 354), physical contact and advances involving unwelcome and explicit sexual overtures (section 354A)and based on the veracity of the complaint, the doctor could have faced a jail term of 3 years.
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