Multiple choice

Under section 53A of CrPC, when a person is arrested on the charge of committing rape, the arrestee may be examined by a registered medical practitioner other than a registered medical practitioner employed in a hospital run by the Government or by a local authority when the later is not available within a radius of sixteen kilometres at the place

  1. where the offence has been committed

  2. where the arrest was made

  3. where the nearest police station is situated

  4. where the nearest court is situated
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Section 53A CrPC specifies that when a rape victim is examined, and a government medical practitioner is unavailable within 16 kilometers of the place where the offence was committed, a private registered medical practitioner may conduct the examination. The territorial reference point is explicitly the place of offence (where the crime occurred), not where arrest happened, police station, or court. Option A correctly states this.

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