This Article is From May 29, 2019

Court Allows Gang-Rape Survivor To Terminate "Unwanted Pregnancy"

Presiding over the vacation bench, court allowed the 19-year-old woman's writ petition, seeking permission to terminate her "unwanted pregnancy".

Court Allows Gang-Rape Survivor To Terminate 'Unwanted Pregnancy'

According to police, the woman was allegedly kidnapped and raped by two men

Indore:

The Madhya Pradesh High Court's bench on Tuesday granted permission to a gang-rape victim to abort her nine-week-old foetus.

Justice Virender Singh, presiding over the vacation bench, allowed the 19-year-old woman's writ petition, seeking permission to terminate her "unwanted pregnancy".

"The petitioner is permitted to approach District Hospital, Dewas within a period of one week for termination of pregnancy," Justice Singh said.

"Let the DNA sample of foetus be preserved (for use in trial of the case), he said.

"In the present case, the pregnancy is nine weeks old," the bench observed and maintained that a medical board constituted by it has opined that it can be terminated.

Advocate Dharmendra Chelawat said his client pleaded that she was in mental shock after being raped and wanted to rid herself of the "unwanted pregnancy", keeping in view her future.

According to police, the woman was allegedly kidnapped and raped by two men in the neighbouring Dewas district.

A trial court in Dewas is hearing the case.

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