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Bombay High Court refuses to quash FIR against man accused of forcing woman to terminate pregnancy twice
Updated On: 12 April, 2021 08:32 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
The judges, in their April 5 order, had noted that the victim alleged that upon disclosing to the accused that she is pregnant, he took her to a doctor against her wish who prescribed pills which resulted in termination of her pregnancy. Later too the man took her to a hospital where the pregnancy was terminated against her will
Bombay High Court.
The Bombay High Court recently rejected the quashing FIR petition by a man accused of forcing a woman to terminate her pregnancy twice against her wish.
A bench of justices S Shinde and Manish Pitale observed that amicable settlement between the two parties is no basis to quash the FIR registered by Ambernath police station under IPC sections 376 (punishment for sexual assault) and 313 (causing miscarriage without woman’s consent), stated a report in The Times of India.
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