ORDER

This writ petition is filed seeking a direction to the 3rd respondent to terminate the pregnancy of the petitioner's daughter Sasikala.

2.The case of the petitioner in brief is as follows:

The petitioner is a shepherd, whose husband died in the month of May 2019, leaving behind him the petitioner and two daughters. Elder daughter viz., Uma got married already and the younger daughter Sasikala, aged about 26 years is a spastic person from her childhood and she was never allowed to go outside. While so, on seeing the unusual bulge of her stomach and body symptom, she was taken to hospital for medical check up on 24.01.2020, where, it was found that she was pregnant. On enquiry, it was found that she was raped by a neighbour one Kasi and based on a complaint given by Ganesan, an FIR was registered in Crime No.1 of

2020 for the offence under Section 376 IPC. In the above circumstances and in the interest of the victim, the petitioner prayed for termination of the illegal pregnancy of her daughter.

3.Earlier, when the matter came up for hearing on

04.02.2020, this Court passed an order directing the third respondent to file Medical Expert's report, which reads as follows:

“In this regar