An Indian court in the northern state of Haryana on Tuesday sentenced a doctor and his technician to two years in prison and fined them about $125 each for performing a gender determination test in 2001, Reuters reports (Garewal, Reuters, 3/29). The Prenatal Determination Tests Act -- approved in 1994 -- bans the use of technologies such as ultrasound and sonograms for purposes of sex-selective abortions. The law also bans advertisements for prenatal sex determination, as well as the practice of pre-conception sex selection (Kaiser Daily Women's Health Policy Report, 9/12/03). Authorities arrested physician Anil Sabhani and his assistant Kartar Singh after conducting an undercover operation in 2001 in Haryana that found that the physician was performing gender determination tests and sex-selective abortions. Government officials conducting the operation sent three pregnant women to the clinic to see if Sabhani would perform a sex determination test, BBC News reports (BBC News, 3/29). Audio and video surveillance recorded Sabhani charging one of the women an additional $35 to disclose the gender of the fetus (George, AP/Yahoo! News, 3/29). After he was paid, he told her it was "a female fetus, and it would be taken care of," according to the New York Times (Gentleman, New York Times, 3/30). R.C. Aggarwal, Haryana's chief medical officer, said authorities were unsure of how many sex-determination tests Sabhani had conducted, but added, "[W]e had received complaints about him, which is why we set up the appointment" (AP/Yahoo! News, 3/29). The judge during sentencing said, "Because of persons like [Sabhani], the day is not far when there will be no girl child." According to the Times, Sabhani is the first person sentenced to jail under the sex determination law (New York Times, 3/30). Aggarwal said similar cases currently are pending against three other physicians in the state but added that he did not know when those cases would go to trial (AP/Yahoo! News, 3/29).