Balatkara Vidhi Vaidyaka ↔ Medico-legal Examination of Sexual Offences

Covers the mandatory duty to examine and treat a sexual-assault survivor, the welfare-and-consent-first examination protocol, and why absence of injury never excludes assault — the identical modern medico-legal standard taught within Agad Tantra, including mandatory POCSO reporting for child survivors.

IN PLAIN LANGUAGE

This topic covers a doctor's legal duty to examine and treat anyone who has survived sexual assault, the consent-based examination process, and why a normal physical exam never rules out that an assault happened.

Modern medico-legal protocol defines the mandatory duty, consent process and reporting rules; Ayurvedic practitioners are trained in, and bound by, this identical protocol.

WHEN TO SEEK CARE

A survivor of sexual assault should seek medical care immediately for treatment and support; a registered medical practitioner is legally required to examine and treat them and cannot refuse.

🔴 REFER IMMEDIATELY

Any survivor presenting after a sexual assault, regardless of visible injury
Any refusal or hesitation by a practitioner to examine or treat a survivor
A child survivor, triggering mandatory POCSO reporting
Reporting is mandatory under POCSO whenever the survivor is a child
Cases requiring forensic evidence collection or legal proceedings must involve appropriately trained medico-legal examination

Never do this

A practitioner must never refuse to examine or treat a survivor, must never proceed with any part of the examination without consent, and must never state in a report that the absence of injury rules out assault — each is a serious breach of medico-legal duty.

🟢 SUITABLE FOR ROUTINE / COLLABORATIVE CARE

AYURVEDA SCOPE

Examining and treating a survivor of sexual assault, documenting findings accurately and consensually, and fulfilling mandatory reporting duties including under POCSO.

MODERN MEDICINE SCOPE

Formal forensic evidence collection, expert legal testimony, and specialised trauma and psychological care pathways.

COLLABORATIVE SCOPE

An Ayurvedic practitioner examining a survivor works within the same statutory duty and protocol as any registered medical practitioner, referring for specialised forensic or psychological services as needed.

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