Noticing several instances of incomplete “sexual assault certificates” issued by doctors of government hospitals in cases of sexual assault on minor girls in the State, the High Court of Karnataka has directed the Principal Secretary, Health Department, to issue a circular instructing medical officers to give their opinion indicating whether victims were subjected to sexual act or not.
The doctors, who conduct the medical examination, will have to give a report stating whether victims are subjected to sexual act or not in order to bring the culprits within the ambit of law, the court said.
Justice H.P. Sandesh issued the directions while dealing with two separate petitions in which two persons, one from Davangere and another from Bengaluru, are accused of sexually assaulting minors in separate cases.
