Ludhiana: Doctor gets 20-yr jail for patient’s rape

Legal Correspondent

Ludhiana, August 24

The Court of Additional Sessions Judge KK Jain convicted Dr Tapinder Singh, a resident of Leel village, Sudhar, on the charge of raping a 14-year old girl, who was her patient. He was sentenced to imprisonment for 20 years.

Delivering the verdict, the court held the prosecution had proved the charges against the accused. The court turned down the plea of leniency raised by the accused with the observation that keeping in view his indulgence in such a henious crime, he did not deserve leniency. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 15.05 lakh on the accused. Of this amount, Rs 15 lakh will be paid to the victim’s family as compensation.

A case against the accused was registered at the Sudhar police station on July 30, 2018, following the statement of the victim. The girl had told the police that she was a Class IX student, and she had been sick for a couple of days, because of which her parents took her to the New Raj clinic at Pakowal, being run by the accused. During treatment, she was administered medicines. On July 29, 2018, she went to the clinic at 6.30 pm again. Taking advantage of the situation, the accused raped her.