No Bail, but Jail for Attackers : Great relief to the Doctors. A judgment that may set the trend.
"Bail is a rule and Jail is an exception" - This is the Cardinal principle of Criminal Law. But when the facts of the case fall under such 'exception', then there is no other option but to send the culprits to the Jail. In these days where incidences of attacks on Doctors and on Hospitals in all over the Country have become rampant, a sigh of relief has come by way of a Judgment in Palghar (Maharashtra) Court which has awarded 1 year imprisonment and fine to total 13 accused for attacking a Doctor and causing damage to the Hospital. It would be perhaps the 1st judgment that has been passed under the Maharashtra Medicate Service Persons and Medicare Service Institutions (Prevention of Violence and damage or loss to the property) Act, 2010. Please see the following link for the news.: https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/mhcourtdoctor-attacksentence/1442134 The Facts of the case in nutshell are such that a 70 years old patient wi...