India, April 20 -- A Bhoiwada Metropolitan Magistrate Court on Thursday granted interim protection from arrest to Dr Ravindra Deokar, a professor in the forensic medicine and toxicology department at KEM Hospital, after six female doctors accused him of sexual harassment.

The interim relief is valid till Monday while the court hears Deokar's anticipatory bail plea. Bhoiwada police registered a case against him on April 12 under sections 74, 75, and 79 of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 - which deal with assault, sexual harassment, and gestures intended to insult a woman's modesty.

According to police, the complaint was initially filed by a 32-year-old assistant professor who alleged Deokar repeatedly made inappropriate comments and phy...