Madhya Pradesh HC grants relief to doctor, says doctors accused of medical negligence cannot be prosecuted without expert committee report - Video
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Referring to the Supreme Court order in the case of Jacob Mathew v. State of Punjab & Anr., the Madhya Pradesh High Court recently reiterated that a doctor accused of medical negligence cannot be prosecuted without the report of an expert committee. With this observation, the bench granted relief to a doctor and set aside the criminal proceedings against him.
The bench was considering the plea by a doctor seeking directions to quash the FIR registered against him and the criminal case pending before the Chief Judicial Magistrate for alleged medical negligence.
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