Staff Reporter
TIRUCHI: The suspension of three students of the Government College of Physiotherapy, Tiruchi, on October 26, 2009, was revoked on Thursday, in the wake of their recent acquittal in the court of the Second Judicial Magistrate here.
The three students A. Prakash and P. Dharmaraj, second year students, and I. Ajin, final year student, were charged with ragging three first-year students and arrested under the stringent Tamil Nadu Prevention of Ragging Act 1997.
They were subsequently let on bail. The observation of the JM Court was that the accused students were given the benefit of doubt since the prosecution could not prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt.
During the course of the trial, the students had filed a writ petition before the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on November 30, 2009, seeking acquittal, but the petition was rejected ten days later.
Based on judgement
The Dean In-Charge of the K.A.P. Viswanatham Government Medical College M.A. Aleem said the suspension was revoked based on the JM Court judgement, in the interest of the students' future.
Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Friday, May 07, 2010
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