The Madras High Court on Tuesday warned doctors of being found guilty of misconduct if they continue to perform a ‘two-finger test’ or per vaginum examination on victims of sexual assault, despite a series of judgements passed against it by the Supreme Court since 2013.
Justices S.S. Sundar and Sunder Mohan were shocked to find a doctor at a government maternity hospital in Chennai having conducted the two-finger test in March 2020 on a 15-year-old girl who had been subjected to aggravated penetrative sexual assault by her father.
Arguing an appeal filed by the convict, senior counsel R. Rajarathinam pointed out that the medico-legal examination report read: “Pubic hair normal. Hymen not intact. Easily permits 2 fingers. Cervix pointing downwards, uterus anteverted, normal size, fornices free, no bleeding.”
