AHMEDABAD: A city sessions court on Tuesday permitted a 34-year-old rape survivor to terminate her pregnancy and directed her to do it before her pregnancy reaches 20 weeks.
The rape survivor, a married woman, accused one Sarfaraz Rangrez alias Mufti of impregnating her. When she approached the court first last week, her pregnancy was in its 14th week. She sought the court’s permission for abortion at a private facility saying she was not in a mental condition to deliver the child. She also said that she is disturbed and gets nightmares.
The court said that when there is a proper facility available at Civil Hospital, there is no point getting the abortion done at her own expense, particularly, when this is a medico-legal case.
The public prosecutor, Sudhir Brahmbhatt, submitted that looking at the peculiar circumstances of the case, the rape survivor may be granted permission to terminate her pregnancy and the court may pass appropriate orders.
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme court directives on cases related to sexual assault)
