Medical negligence: Karnataka Congress seeks review of BNS section prescribing jail term

This is an attempt by the BJP to target practitioners of modern medicine, general secretary Dr Shankar Guha Dwarakanath, a practising doctor, said in a statement. Earlier under Section 304A of the IPC, it was either a fine or two years of imprisonment as punishment in events of death due to rash or negligent act of a healthcare professional.