mumbai rejecting the anticipatory bail plea of a 40yearold family doctor from andheri who has been accused of molesting his female patient a sessions court on tuesday observed that the relationship between a doctor and patient is pious in nature and the fact that he committed such a heinous offence at his own clinic made it even more seriousit is expected from the male doctor that he should examine the lady patient in presence of her husband if he was present but the accused asked him the husband to stay outside the checkup room which itself shows that the very intention of the accused to outrage the modesty of the complainant the sessions court saidthe court further said that the accused has not cited any reason as to why the woman would make such serious allegations against her own family doctorrejecting his plea for protection from arrest the court said the offence is serious and against women thorough interrogation by the investigation officer is indeed essential the court saidit also observed that if an opportunity for interrogating in custody is not given in such serious offences the case of the prosecution would be affected the right to interrogate the accused by the investigation officer would be taken away if the accused is released by granting the anticipatory bail as sought the court saidthe woman complained to the cops on november 25 she said that on november 5 she went to meet the doctor at 330pm the woman said that she was accompanied by her husband the doctor asked her husband to wait outside while he completed the checkup the woman was then asked to remove part of her clothing she said that on the pretext of examining her the doctor sexually abused her the woman alleged that he even asked her personal questions about her relationship with her husbandwhile lodging the fir the woman also apprised the cops about certain purportedly incriminating messages the accused had denied the allegations and said that he was being falsely implicatedthe doctor has been booked under indian penal code sections relating to sexual harassment and assault or use of criminal force to woman with intent to disrobe herthe maximum sentence attracted in such a case is seven years imprisonmentthe victims identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per supreme court directives on cases related to sexual assault