INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
BHOPAL: A Jabalpur court has sentenced a doctor to two years of rigorous imprisonment for holding prenatal gender determination tests
The convict, Dr P C Minocha, is the director of a sonography centre
The Jabalpur chief medical and health officer (CMHO) registered a case against the doctor after a state-level team inspected sonography
had undergone sonography tests
The prosecution presented eight witnesses in court
Based on their statements and the evidence produced in court, the Jabalpur chief judicial magistrate (CJM) held Dr Minocha guilty of
violating the Pre-conception and Prenatal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act and sentenced him to a 2-year jail term
