M.Okay. Ram, who has been charged with abetment to suicide in reference to the demise of BDS scholar Nithin Raj, being taken for a medical examination on Thursday (July 24, 2026)
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The Kerala Excessive Courtroom has discovered that the grounds of arrest weren’t furnished to the accused, Dr. M.Okay. Ram, within the Kannur dental scholar demise case when he was produced earlier than the Particular Decide the opposite day.
Dr. Ram, a former HoD, is the prime accused within the demise of Nithin Raj, a first-year scholar of Kannur Dental Faculty, Anjarakandy. Dr. Ram was charged with abetment to suicide and offences underneath the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. He was denied bail in any respect ranges, from the Particular Courtroom, Thalassery, to the Supreme Courtroom.
The Single Bench of Justice A. Badharudeen, who referred to as for the arrest particulars, noticed that the rules issued by the Supreme Courtroom requiring to offer written grounds of arrest was not given to Dr. Ram, which led to his launch by the Particular Courtroom. This was affirmed by a report from the Extra Director Common of Police, filed earlier than the court docket on Friday (July 24, 2026).
The Crime Department Deputy Superintendent of Police and the Superintendent of Police have appeared in particular person earlier than the court docket to clarify the sequence of occasions main as much as the arrest.
The court docket orally requested the DySP to clarify why he had didn’t adjust to the necessities referring to the grounds of arrest, regardless of having made quite a few arrests throughout his 22-year profession as a police officer. The court docket additionally expressed its indignation to the SP for his lapse in guaranteeing that every one arrest procedures had been strictly adopted within the arrest of Dr. Ram, because it was “an necessary matter regarding the State.”
The court docket orally remarked that because the Superintendent of Police, he should make sure that such errors shall not recur in such circumstances.
The court docket made the observations whereas contemplating a petition filed by the deceased scholar’s father, alleging that he was not granted an opportunity to be heard when Mr. Ram had sought anticipatory bail earlier than the Supreme Courtroom. As an alternative of submitting to the method of regulation, Mr. Ram had intentionally absconded and evaded arrest, regardless of the data of the legal proceedings initiated in opposition to him.
Dr. Ram surrendered earlier than the Crime Department on Wednesday after the Particular Courtroom in Thalassery permitted his re-arrest.
The Residence Division had reconstituted the investigation crew that probed the case after the Excessive Courtroom had noticed that critical allegations had been raised in opposition to the sooner investigating officer. The investigation was handed over to Malappuram Crime Department SP M.P. Mohanachandran, with DySP Jeevan George appointed as the brand new investigating officer.
Printed – July 24, 2026 02:54 pm IST
