Docs get 3 yrs in prison for wrong autopsy report of rape victim found at police station

  • | Friday | 13th July, 2018

Shahjahanpur: A Lakhimpur Kheri court has sentenced three doctors to three years in prison for preparing an incorrect autopsy report in a rape and murder case. The second autopsy report confirmed that the girl was sexually assaulted and strangled. The body of a minor was found hanging inside the premises of Nighasan police station on June 10, 2011. The autopsy of the body was done by a panel of three doctors who had prepared incorrect report stating that the girl was not sexually assaulted and mentioned the reason of death as hanging. After the case was handed over to CBI, another post mortem was conducted by a team of seven doctors that came from Lucknow.

Shahjahanpur: A Lakhimpur Kheri court has sentenced three doctors to three years in prison for preparing an incorrect autopsy report in a rape and murder case. The body of a minor was found hanging inside the premises of Nighasan police station on June 10, 2011. The incident had hit the national headlines and the then superintendent of police DK Rai and several police officers were suspended.Trial against accused policemen is in progress in Lucknow after a CBI probe. Three doctors, AK Sharma, SP Singh and AK Agarwal were charged under section 218 (public servant framing incorrect record or writing with intent to save person from punishment) of the IPC after a second autopsy by a panel of seven doctors rejected their report.Public prosecutor S P Yadav told TOI, “The body of a minor girl was found in the premises of Nighasan police station. The autopsy of the body was done by a panel of three doctors who had prepared incorrect report stating that the girl was not sexually assaulted and mentioned the reason of death as hanging. After the case was handed over to CBI, another post mortem was conducted by a team of seven doctors that came from Lucknow. The second autopsy report confirmed that the girl was sexually assaulted and strangled. Thereafter, an FIR was registered against accused policemen under section 302 (murder) and 376 (rape) of IPC while the three doctors were booked under section 218.”After the trial, chief judicial magistrate Sunil Prasad found the three doctors guilty of preparing a fake report. In addition to the three-year jail term, they will also have to pay Rs 10,000 each. The doctors were suspended by the government in 2011.In 2015, CBI had filed a charge sheet against policemen Ateek Ahmed, Shivkumar Singh and Uma Shankar Ram while a circle officer was charged with hiding the evidence.

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