Maharashtra: 10 year jail to Two Doctors involved in female foeticide racket
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Both the doctors along with the patient's husband have been awarded a 10-year imprisonment
The doctor duo along with the patient's husband were found guilty under the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act (MTP),culpable homicide not amounting to murder (IPC 304), causing miscarriage (IPC 312), death caused by act done with intent to cause miscarriage (IPC 314), and for an act done with intent to prevent child being born alive or to cause it to die after birth (IPC 315). They have been discharged, however, under the PC PNDT act according to media reports
Beed: In a precedence-setting judgement by a court in cases of female foeticide, a Beed district court Friday sentenced three persons, including a doctor couple, to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment in a case related to a woman's death during an illegal abortion.
The doctor duo along with the patient's husband were found guilty under the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act (MTP),culpable homicide not amounting to murder (IPC 304), causing miscarriage (IPC 312), death caused by act done with intent to cause miscarriage (IPC 314), and for an act done with intent to prevent child being born alive or to cause it to die after birth (IPC 315). They have been discharged, however, under the PC PNDT act according to media reports
The court convicted Dr Sudam Munde, his wife Dr Saraswati Munde and another accused, Mahadev Patekar, in the 2012 case.
Mahadev Patekar's wife Vijaymala, a labourer a mother of four daughters, was admitted to Dr Munde's hospital at Parli in the district for abortion in 2012. The family wanted her to terminate the pregnancy as a medical examination had revealed that the foetus was female.
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