After the victim’s death on December 27, based on a complaint filed by the victim’s father, three students of the government college in Dharamshala were booked on charges of ragging while the teacher was booked for sexual harassment on January 1
The district and sessions court, while granting anticipatory bail to teacher and two students accused in case related to death of 19-year-old student, said “The medical board had finally opined that the deceased had longstanding behavioural symptoms most likely a primary psychotic illness of ‘Schizophrenia Spectrum and Related Disorders’, later on superimposed with features of Encephalitis like illness.
However, the court directed that the teacher shall continue joining the investigation as and when directed. “In case anything new comes up during the course of investigation, more particularly while investigating the matter viz-a-viz the video clippings, the prosecution will be at liberty to take steps to incorporate the severer offences, If any, is made out made out and take steps as per law,” the court said