Retired Kasaragod paediatrician gets 47-year sentence for raping minor at clinic

A court in Kasaragod has sentenced Dr P. Krishnan, a 78-year-old retired paediatrician, to 47 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a minor girl at his clinic in June 2020. The sentence is effectively 20 years.

The case concerns an offence committed at the doctor's clinic in June 2020, and the court has now delivered its verdict on the charge.