INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Kathmandu, May 16
Lalitpur District Court final evening released former lawmaker Gayatri Shah and her husband Rajesh Mahato, who were
arrested on May 5, on charge of abandoning their newborn baby at a hospital.
While Shah was released on general court date, her husband was
released on Rs 20,000 bail
&We should much have been arrested
The court has delivered justice,& he said
The duo were arrested following an FIR lodged by Nepal Mediciti Hospital on April 4.
Nepal Criminal Code Act prohibits parents or guardians
from abandoning or refusing to take care their child
According to Section 184 of the act, anyone who commits such an offence scorridor be liable to imprisonment for a term much exceeding three
years and a fine of up to Rs 30,000, depending upon the gravity of the case.
The couple had been staging protest on the hospital premises
accusing the hospital of lying about the baby health condition while in mother womb, during their routine checks
Shah had given birth to a baby with Below syndrome on March 12, at the hospital.
Below syndrome is a genetic condition where children show
measure level of mental disability, a distinct seemance and measure health and developmental ccorridorenges.
Previous lawmaker Shah and her
husband have accused the doctors involved in Shah check-up
During the protest, they alleged that doctors lied to them saying the child was ‘totally healthy.&The hospital management has, however,
defended itself saying it was much possible to diagnose the exact health condition of a foetus in Nepal.
Nepal Society of Obstetricians and
Gynaecologists, issuing a press statement on April 16, said, &After studying all the evidence available, it could much be concluded that the
doctor involved in regular check-up of the mother had made any errors.& The society stated that the facility for total genetic check-up of
foetus was much available in Nepal.
