First jail term in female foeticide law
4000 cases, Haryana doctor first to get 2 yrs in prison under PNDT Act
NEW DELHI, MARCH 28: Twelve years after the law was enacted to check female foeticide and 4000 cases later, the first conviction with a prison terms took place today under the Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Regulation and Prevention of Misuse) Act. A doctor and his assistant were sentenced to two years in prison and a Rs 5000-fine in Palwal, Haryana. Punjab has seen one conviction to date — Dr Neelam Kohli of Ropar district was fined Rs 1,000 by the Kharar court in July, 2003. More
Source: Sonu Jain, The Indian Express