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Pune man, 2 doctors get RI for sex determination test

A man and two doctors got three years’ rigorous imprisonment for conducting a sonography test for determining the sex of the foetus and subsequently terminating the pregnancy.

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In a landmark judgment on Friday, a man and two doctors got three years’ rigorous imprisonment for conducting a sonography test for determining the sex of the foetus and subsequently terminating the pregnancy.

The first class judicial magistrate in Jaysingpur town (Shirol taluka) DP Kasat convicted Ramling Bhusaheb Sutar (resident of Umalwad in Shirol taluka), radiologist Dr Shivaji Sadashiv Mane (Jaysingpur) and a homeopathy practitioner, Dr Ujma Patel (Jaysingpur).

This case was brought to light by social activist and lawyer Varsha Deshpande.  “This case is unique as for the first time in the country, a relative (husband) has received a jail sentence for illegal sex determination and abortion of a pregnant woman,’’ Deshpande said while speaking to DNA.

In 2008, Deshpande had received information of an abortion of a pregnant woman being done in Patel’s hospital in Jaysingpur town. “We rushed to the hospital immediately on February 28, 2008. Unfortunately, the abortion was over before our team and the government officials could reach the spot. The detailed inquiry revealed that a female foetus had been aborted,’’ Deshpande said while speaking to DNA.

It was found that ultrasound sonography of the pregnant woman was done at Shinde’s hospital in Jaysingpur.

Accordingly, Sutar, Patel and Shinde were booked as per the Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act, 1994.

Incidentally, another case of the illegal sex determination is pending against Dr Mane.

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