Mumbai Doctor gets 5-year rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting minor
Court Verdict
Mumbai: A 37-year-old doctor has been sentenced to five years’ rigorous imprisonment by a special POCSO court in Mumbai for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl during treatment at his Govandi clinic in June 2019.
The court dismissed his claim that the allegations were fabricated due to unpaid medical bills and ruled that the prosecution had proved the charges beyond a reasonable doubt, describing the survivor’s testimony as “trustworthy and fully reliable.”
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The court relied on a local shopkeeper’s statement that residents confronted the doctor on June 3 after learning he had “outraged the modesty of one girl”, which corroborated the survivor’s version and reflected the immediate public response. The court also observed that the minor’s testimony remained consistent with both the FIR and her statement recorded by the police. “Her evidence is not at all shaken at any material point to disbelieve her testimony,” the judge noted, reports the Hindustan Times.
Holding that the doctor had committed the offence, the court denied his plea for leniency. He was sentenced to five years’ rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 5,000 under Section 10 of the POCSO Act, one year’s RI and a fine of Rs 2,000 under Section 12 of POCSO, and one year’s RI and a fine of Rs 2,000 under Section 506 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). All sentences will run concurrently.
