Doctor's Orders

• It's a first in India: a court has taken psychologists' assessment of the victim as evidence in a child sexual abuse case
  
• The accused, the father of the victim, was sentenced to seven years RI by an additional sessions judge in Delhi
  
• The judgement could set a precedent
  
• Experts feel psychologists' report can be taken as evidence in such cases that don't have witnesses or material proof

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