Relief: 54 year old AIIMS doctor accused of raping colleague granted anticipatory bail
A week after the accused doctor was summoned, an organisation working for women’s rights demanded his suspension and arrest.;
New Delhi: A court here on Saturday granted anticipatory bail to a 54-year-old doctor of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) accused of raping a colleague on the pretext of marriage.
Additional Sessions Judge Ravindra Kumar Pandey granted pre-arrest bail to the male doctor, a professor of neurosurgery, against whom Delhi Police had registered a case under penal provisions of rape, unnatural offences, causing miscarriage without woman’s consent, and criminal intimidation.
The judge noted that after the completion of the investigation, a chargesheet was filed against the doctor who was never arrested. According to the Investigating Officer (IO), the accused’s custodial interrogation was not required, he noted.
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The prosecution did not oppose the doctor’s bail application.
“The accused has claimed that the FIR and complaint were lodged due to a matrimonial dispute between the complainant and accused. On the other hand, the complainant claimed that the offence against the complainant was committed on the pretext of false marriage,” the court said.
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