Punishment for non treatment of victim 1
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Summary
If the person in charge of any hospital, public or private, refuses or delays medical treatment that the law requires for a victim, they can be criminally punished. It applies when legally mandated care or examination is not provided without lawful excuse. Penalty is imprisonment up to one year, or fine, or both.
Example
Priya goes to a government hospital after being assaulted and the hospital head refuses to admit her or provide the immediate medical care required by law. The in-charge can face up to one year in prison, a fine, or both.
Bare Act
Enacted textWhoever, being in charge of a hospital, public or private, whether run by the Central Government, the State Government, local bodies or any other person, contravenes the provisions of section 357C of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year or with fine or with both.
1 Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013
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