Case Law Analysis
|Supreme Court of India
Slash in Medical Consent Form Not Forgery | Section 482 CrPC Quashes Criminal Proceedings : SC
The Supreme Court quashed criminal proceedings against a surgeon, ruling that a consent form listing both orchidopexy and orchidectomy with a slash does not constitute forgery. The Court held that medical ethics and the absence of evidence of interpolation justified the procedure, reinforcing the threshold for abuse of process under Section 482 CrPC.