Mysuru: The II additional District and sessions court here has ordered a 2 year prison term to government hospital doctor and slammed a penalty of Rs 3.25 lakh for sexually assaulting a nurse. The judgement was based on the death note left behind by the victim before ending life.
Doctor Harish used to sexually harass a nurse, employed at a government Primary Health Center (PHC) in Bilikere of Hunsur taluk repeatedly. The complaint lodged by her with higher-ups did not yield any results and subsequently, the nurse ended life in the hospital on January 1, 2010 by consuming toxic pills. In her death note, she had held Harish responsible for her death.
The police registered a case against the doctor and filed a charge-sheet in the court.
Judge Vijayakumar, who dealt with the case, pronounced two years of rigorous imprisonment to doctor Harish and a fine of Rs 3.25 lakh.
At the same time he ordered to give Rs 3 lakh to the deceased nurse’s family from the fine amount of 3.25 lakh.
