13. On August 05,2005 a Three Judge Bench of Supreme Court of India of Chief Justice R.C.Lahoti, Justice G.P.Mathur and Justice P.K.Balasubramanyam by order quashed prosecution of a medical professional under Section 304-A / 34 IPC and disposed of all the interlocutory applications that doctors should not be held criminally responsible unless there is a prima-facie evidence before the Court in the form of a credible opinion from another competent doctor, preferably a Government doctor in the same field of medicine supporting the charges of rash and negligent act.
