Doctor will get 6-year RI for sexually assaulting minor affected person

By PTI

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A 58-year-old physician was sentenced to 6 years rigorous imprisonment (RI) on Saturday by a particular court docket right here for sexually assaulting a minor boy in 2017.

The decide of the Fast Track Special Court R Jayakrishnan sentenced the psychological well being knowledgeable and fined him Rs one lakh for the offence.

The court docket mentioned it can’t ignore the hardship the boy, then 13 years previous, and his household confronted due to the assault.

The prosecution mentioned the incident occurred in a non-public clinic the place the boy was taken to by his mother and father on the advice of his college authorities.

Special Public Prosecutor R S Vijay Mohan mentioned the varsity really useful the mother and father to seek the advice of the scientific psychologist, who had earlier carried out a number of psychological well being consciousness classes for the scholars.

The college made the advice alleging the boy lacked focus in research. The mother and father, who got here to know in regards to the incident, approached Childline. Subsequently, the police registered a case and arrested the physician.