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The New Criminal Laws provide a legal

framework to protect medical practitioners
from unnecessary harassment

n BNS, 2023 safeguards health care providers from unnecessary harassment.

n 106(1) BNS, 2023 specifies that a registered medical practitioner (RMP) shall
be punished with imprisonment for up to two years and a fine for medical
negligence. BNS provides lesser punishment for medical practitioners
for causing death by rash or negligent act while performing any medical
procedure.

n Section 51(3) requires the medical practitioner to forward, without any delay,
the examination report of the accused to the investigating officer.

n The registered Medical Practitioner is required to forward the report of

medical examination of the rape victim to the investigating officer within a
period of seven days.

n To prevent any contamination and the concomitant prospect of

diminishment in the value of the sample, the aspect “without any delay” is
strongly emphasized under section 52 BNSS.
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