One-year sentence to male nurse for molesting woman
27 Aug 2014 11:27 PM GMT
A male nurse has been held guilty by a Delhi court for molesting a patient. The court observed it is a serious problem if women are not safe while being medically treated even from the hospital staff.
Metropolitan Magistrate Ekta Gauba awarded one year of jail term to 32-year-old Brij Bihari Rathore, who was working as a nurse at Guru Gobind Singh Hospital in Raghubir Nagar, for molesting a woman patient by indecently touching her while treating her.
The court noted that after this incident, Rathore started making calls on the woman’s mobile number asking her to meet him. ‘In view of the fact that offence against women are on rise in the city. It is a well known fact that it’s a serious problem if women patients are not safe at the time when they are being medically treated. He has even misbehaved with the patient while performing his duty.
Therefore, the convict does not deserve to be released on probation,’ the court said.
The court also imposed a fine of Rs 1,000 on Rathore, a resident of staff quarters in the hospital complex, and also directed him to pay Rs 9,000 compensation to the victim. According to the prosecution, the woman, along with her mother and brother-in-law, had gone to the casualty section of Guru Gobind Singh Hospital on the morning of 17 March, 2008, where she was molested.
Metropolitan Magistrate Ekta Gauba awarded one year of jail term to 32-year-old Brij Bihari Rathore, who was working as a nurse at Guru Gobind Singh Hospital in Raghubir Nagar, for molesting a woman patient by indecently touching her while treating her.
The court noted that after this incident, Rathore started making calls on the woman’s mobile number asking her to meet him. ‘In view of the fact that offence against women are on rise in the city. It is a well known fact that it’s a serious problem if women patients are not safe at the time when they are being medically treated. He has even misbehaved with the patient while performing his duty.
Therefore, the convict does not deserve to be released on probation,’ the court said.
The court also imposed a fine of Rs 1,000 on Rathore, a resident of staff quarters in the hospital complex, and also directed him to pay Rs 9,000 compensation to the victim. According to the prosecution, the woman, along with her mother and brother-in-law, had gone to the casualty section of Guru Gobind Singh Hospital on the morning of 17 March, 2008, where she was molested.
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