Kathmandu, May 16Lalitpur 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.