Mumbai, May 15 -- In a major success for ongoing campaign against prenatal gender determination tests in Maharashtra, a Pune court on Tuesday sentenced a leading doctor to three years' rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 for carrying out illegal fetal sex determination tests.
Pune's First Class Judicial Magistrate (Mrs). Vishakha B. Patil found the accused (Dr.) Neena Anil Mathrani guilty under various sections of the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994, and its subsequent amendments.
"The accused shall undergo rigorous imprisonment for three years each for the offences punishable under section 23 of PCPNDT Act for the breach of all the relevant sections and rules,"...