The Kerala Excessive Court docket on Friday dismissed the anticipatory bail plea of Dr. M.Ok. Ram in reference to the demise of Nithin Raj, a first-year BDS scholar of Kannur Medical Faculty, Anjarakandy.
The scholar had allegedly dedicated suicide on the faculty campus in April, when Dr. Ram was the top of the Dental Anatomy division.
Dr. Ram had challenged the order of the Particular Choose beneath the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, Thalassery, which had denied him anticipatory bail.
He was accused of abetting the coed’s suicide and charged beneath the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the SC/ST Act.
He argued that allegations of instigation have been baseless and there was no prima facie proof that he intimidated or humiliated the coed in public.
In his plea for pre-arrest bail, he submitted that the coed had borrowed ₹15,000 by means of a mortgage app and had did not repay it, and that harassment by the operators led to his suicide.
He additionally stated he had been subjected to a media trial primarily based on conjectures and requested that the court docket not be influenced by it, to which the court docket replied that selections could be primarily based solely on data and proof and that freedom of the press is a constitutional proper.
The scholar’s father opposed the contentions and accused Dr. Ram of repeatedly bullying the coed, saying undue emphasis was positioned on the loan-app narrative to divert consideration from alleged humiliation, intimidation and caste-based remarks.
Throughout the listening to, Justice A. Badharudeen examined statements of classmates recorded by the police concerning Dr. Ram’s conduct as professor.
For the reason that scholar had secured admission beneath the SC/ST quota, the court docket held it may very well be presumed the accused knew his caste standing, and that offences beneath the SC/ST Act may very well be made out.
The court docket noticed that alleged harassment compelled the coed to say he would discontinue research, that he was known as to the principal’s room, and later died by suicide, and due to this fact the accused can’t be presumed harmless at this stage.
The court docket additionally expressed concern over lecturers insulting college students, pressuring them over inside marks, in search of an unbiased grievance discussion board.
Printed – June 20, 2026 01:49 am IST
