Bareilly (UP), May 3 -- A doctor was sentenced to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment along with a fine of Rs 20,000 by a local court here on Saturday for sexually assaulting a female patient in the Izzatnagar area of Bareilly district here in Uttar Pradesh, a prosecution counsel said here.
Additional District Government Counsel (ADGC) Santosh Kumar Srivastava said that the woman's husband informed the police that his wife had a toothache and was being treated by Dr Ravindra Prakash Sharma at Prakash Dental Lab in Saidpur.
"The complainant had alleged that on October 16, 2021, when his wife went to get medicine, the doctor gave her an intoxicating injection and she became unconscious; the doctor raped her and started blackmailing her," he ...