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Maharashtra moots murder charge for female
foeticide
Tuesday July 10, 2012 10:49:13 PM,
IANS
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Mumbai: The
Maharashtra government Tuesday mooted slapping murder charges on
those involved in female foeticide.
"We shall send a proposal to the centre to apply Indian Penal Code
Section 302 (murder) on those, including family members and
medicos, involved in forced abortions of female foetus," Health
Minister Suresh Shetty informed the assembly.
Shetty said that at present only provisions of Medical Termination
of Pregnancy (MTP) Act and the Pre-conception and Pre-Natal
Diagnostic Techniques were applicable to cases of illegal sex
tests and abortion of female foetus.
The minister said that the family members of pregnant women who
force her to undergo illegal sex tests or abortion would also be
booked.
Nationalist Congress Party member Jitendra Avhad pointed out that
people did not fear these laws and that was the reason for the
growing incidents of illegal sex tests and abortion of female
foetus.
Shetty pointed out that action had been taken against four family
members till date, but dismissed contentions made by some members
that the government was going too tough on raiding and sealing
sonography centres and pharmacies selling abortion pills.
Congress member Gopal Agarwal felt that honest medicos were
feeling terrorised as they apprehended action on account of minor
technical issues.
Shetty assured that the laws would be followed properly and
abortion pills would be sold on the prescription of a
gynaecologist.
Referring to the government's campaign on the matter, Shetty said
that renowned lawyer Ujjwal Nikam would fight the state's case
against the doctor couple from Beed, Sudam and his wife Saraswati
Munde, who indulged in female foeticide. The two are in judicial
custody.
Of the total 8,331 sonography centres in the state, 291 have
already been sealed and of the 4,117 MTP centres, action has been
taken against 341 so far, he added.
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