Court stays proceedings in case by woman doctor against lawyer

Lawyer says FIR lodged 9 months after incident on basis of “false and frivolous allegations with ulterior motives”

The Allahabad high court has ordered a stay on any proceedings in a 2025 case involving a woman eye surgeon in Noida and a lawyer.

“Until further orders, further proceedings of aforesaid case shall remain stayed against the applicant.” (Representative image)

The 30-year-old woman eye surgeon had filed a first information report (FIR) in January 2025, alleging that she was being sexually harassed by the 48-year-old man, identified as lawyer Piyush Dutt Kaushik. Police said the woman, 30, was an ophthalmologist who resided in Noida.

“On the complaint by the victim, a case under sections 75(2) (sexual harassment) and 351(2) (criminal intimidation) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita was registered at the Sector 39 police station and further investigation is underway,” said Manish Kumar Mishra, additional deputy commissioner of police, Noida.

In February 2025, Noida Police filed a charge sheet in the case and in April 2025, the chief judicial magistrate took cognisance of the charge sheet pending in the court of the chief judicial magistrate, Gautam Buddh Nagar.

But in court, Kaushik argued that the FIR was lodged nine months after the incident on the basis of “false and frivolous allegations with ulterior motives”.

“As per the allegations of FIR, the applicant got medically treated and operated by eye-surgeon/first informant in year 2024. It is further submitted that the impugned FIR has been lodged as a counter-blast case of complaint dated 25.11.2024 which has been submitted to the Delhi Medical Council against the first informant,” the court order said. “Prime facie, matter requires consideration.”

“Until further orders, further proceedings of aforesaid case shall remain stayed against the applicant.”

Note: The original story has been updated following the Allahabad High court's order dated 14.08.2025