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Under Section 53A of the 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 latter is not available within a radius of sixteen kilometres from 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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Option (1) is correct: 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 latter is not available within a radius of sixteen kilometres from the place where the offence has been committed.

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