Mumbai ward boy gets 1 year in jail for tampering with prescription

The offence was registered with the Anti-Corruption Bureau, CBI, on the complaint of an assistant medical superintendent. The accused claimed that he was falsely implicated in the case as he had not given a favourable statement regarding other employees on the allegations of misappropriation of medicines. The court, however, relied on statements, including those of doctors who had made the prescription, on-duty nurses and a handwriting expert. The expert submitted in his deposition that the allegedly forged prescription matched the handwriting of the accused.

The court concluded that the expert’s report showed that the accused had tampered with the prescription by writing the name of the injection. The court also relied on the sanction granted by the relevant authorities of the hospital to prosecute the accused. After he was convicted, the accused sought leniency stating that it was his first offence and that his family depended on him.

The prosecution, however, said the persons who came to the hospital having lost hope of life were duped and hence no leniency should be shown. The court said that considering the gravity of the offence, it would sentence the accused to one- year imprisonment.

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