In Brief
A medical practitioner was prosecuted under sections 23 and 29 of the Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994 for procedural lapses, including missing printed words on Form F, non-entry of an old unused sonography machine, and signature variations. The High Court refused to quash the proceedings. The Supreme Court held that technical and remediable documentation deficiencies, where the substantive medical procedures were correctly performed and recorded, do not justify criminal prosecution. The Court found the prosecution futile and abortive, quashed the proceedings, and allowed the appeal."
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