Doctor accused of molesting 14 year old girl, gets Bail
Mumbai: A special court has granted bail to an elderly doctor, who had been arrested under the sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and the Indian Penal Code (IPC) by the local police on account of allegedly molesting a 14-year old girl at his residence in Mumbai.
Special POCSO judge S J Gharat recently granted bail to the 63-year-old doctor, accused of molesting his neighbour's 14-year-old daughter.
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According to the prosecution, the victim had gone to the house of the accused, who has been practising medicine for the last 35 years, to collect the keys to her residence, which her mother had kept with him.
When she went to his house, the accused molested her and also passed lewd remarks at her, the prosecution told the court.
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