A local court today postponed till September 28 hearing in female foeticide case, in which a doctor couple has been chargesheeted along with 15 others.
Hearing in the case was scheduled to take place today. However, the Parli court postponed the matter till September
28,” Public Prosecutor Atul Tandle said.
Earlier this week, police had filed a chargesheet in Parli court against the doctor couple — Dr Sudam Munde and
his wife Saraswati — and 15 others in connection with the case.
The couple is accused of carrying out abortion on sugarcane worker Vijaymala Patekar, who was in her second
trimester, at their hospital in Parli on May 18 this year,which resulted in her death.
On May 19, the couple had secured bail from Parli court and went into hiding from May 23. The couple absconding for
over three weeks, had finally surrendered to the local police on June 17.
Others, who have been chargesheeted in the case, include the doctor couple’s son Venkatesh, Jalgaon-based Dr Rahul
Kolhe, husband of the deceased woman Mahadev Patekar and members of the hospital staff.
According to sources, Maharashtra government has appointed Ujwal Nikam as special public prosecutor to represent the case.
—————-PTI