May 9, 2017 8:39 PM

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HIV+ rape victim cant terminate pregnancy as it is risky: SC

The Supreme Court today said that an HIV positive destitute woman, who was raped on the streets of Patna and is 26 weeks pregnant, cannot abort the foetus as a medical report has suggested it would be risky for both.<br/><br/>A bench of Justices Dipak Misra and A M Khanwilkar said the 35-year-old woman, being a rape victim, was eligible for compensation under the provision of CrPC and directed Bihar government to pay her three lakh rupees within four weeks.<br/><br/>The apex court also asked the state government to provide her all medical facilities at Patna's Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences as per the treatment chart which would be given to her by the doctors of All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.

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