Law college ragging case: Orissa High Court directs law student to teach at orphanage

In a landmark judgment, the Orissa High Court on Friday, handed out an exemplary punishment to a student accused of ragging by directing him to teach at an orphanage as a volunteer for a week.

As per reports, a student of a private law institute in Bhubaneswar had brought forward allegations of ragging by his senior a few days ago. A case was subsequently filed at the Bharatpur police station and forwarded to the Bhubaneswar JMFC court (Courts of Judicial Magistrate of First Class).

However, during the proceedings of the trial, the guardians of both parties were able to reach a settlement, and a petition seeking dismissal of the case was filed at the Orissa High Court.

After reviewing the application, the Orissa High Court quashed the criminal case filed in the lower court and directed the accused student to teach at an orphanage of their choice for a week. As per the top court’s orders, the student must also organize workshops and submit a certificate from the institution’s head to the High Court within four weeks.

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Justice Shivashankar Mishra, heading the bench, emphasized that such an experience would guide the applicant toward a positive outlook.

The stand-out punishment in this ragging case comes not long after several resident doctors and Maharaja Krushna Chandra Gajapati (MKCG) Medical College and Hospital in Berhampur were suspended for allegedly ragging a junior student in the hostel premises.

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The accused doctors, who worked on a contractual basis at the premier hospital, were terminated with immediate effect while another senior PG second-year student was debarred from the premises for six months.