Panchkula: Sessions court upholds teacher's conviction for beating student
Sessions court in Panchkula upheld the lower court's judgment convicting a teacher for beating a Class 6 student over touching her car.
Initially, a complaint was filed with the police against Kirti Malik, 39, a teacher from Sector 8, by Bharti Verma, the principal of Government School, Parwala. Verma reported that on December 30, 2021, she received information that Malik had beaten a Class 6 student for touching her car. Malik had also allegedly verbally abused and intimidated the principal, villagers, and staff.
The victim was subsequently taken for medical examination, leading to the registration of the FIR under Sections 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code at the Raipur Rani police station and the eventual conviction by the trial court. The trial court awarded her two-month simple imprisonment and imposed ₹500 fine on her on August 21, 2023.
Malik filed an appeal against the judgment passed by judicial magistrate.
The sessions court affirmed the lower court's findings, observing that the victim's testimony clearly established that he was playing when his hand touched Malik's car, following which she beat him. The court noted that medical evidence, including the medico-legal report (MLR) prepared by Dr. Shilpa Garg, corroborated the boy's account, detailing pain in his left ear, redness and throat pain, and an abrasion on his left index finger.
However, considering that Malik had faced trial since March 2022, had no prior criminal record, and the boy sustained simple/minor injuries, the sessions court released her on probation of good conduct for six months upon furnishing a bond of ₹25,000 with one surety. Malik was instructed to maintain peace and good behaviour during this period, failing which she would have to undergo her sentence.
The sessions judge also directed Malik to pay ₹10,000 as compensation to the injured boy.
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Indian Express
20 minutes ago
- Indian Express
Supreme Court refuses to reduce sentence of advocate who abused woman magistrate in 2015
The Supreme Court Tuesday decided not to interfere with a Delhi High Court order which refused to reduce the sentence awarded to an advocate for outraging the modesty of a woman judicial officer in 2015, and granted him two weeks to surrender. A bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and Manmohan recorded that it is 'not inclined to interfere with the orders' passed by the Delhi High Court against advocate Sanjay Rathore and dismissed his plea. In October 2015, the complainant judicial officer was serving as a metropolitan magistrate in the Karkardooma court when Rathore, enraged by an adjournment in his matter in his absence, verbally abused the officer, including using gendered abusive language. An FIR was subsequently lodged at the Farsh Bazar police station. Rathore was sentenced to 18 months of imprisonment under Indian Penal Code Section 509 (intending to outrage modesty of a woman), three months under Section 189 (injury to public servant), and an additional three months under Section 353 (assault or criminal force against public servant to deter them from their duty). It was directed that the sentences should run consecutively, thereby resulting in a total sentence of two years. The Delhi High Court, while refusing to reduce the sentence, however, modified it so that the sentences could run concurrently instead of consecutively. As a result, Rathore was sentenced to a total of one year and six months in prison. The high court, in its order of May 26, emphasised that acts threatening or intimidating a judge, especially through 'gender-specific abuse, is an assault on justice itself, and must be met with firm accountability'. While refusing Rathore any relief, it further recorded in its order, 'The act of outraging the modesty of a judicial officer while she was presiding over court proceedings, seated on the dais and discharging her solemn duty of dispensing justice, in this court's opinion, attacks the very foundation of judicial decorum and the institutional integrity.'
News18
23 minutes ago
- News18
‘Intra-Family Discord': Allahabad HC Quashes Gangrape Case Citing Amicable Settlement
Last Updated: Court noted that the accused and the victim were close relatives, and the victim had voluntarily entered into a compromise without coercion. The Allahabad High Court recently quashed a gang-rape case registered against a man accused of assaulting his sister-in-law, citing an amicable settlement between the parties. A complaint was filed in 2015 at Didauli Police Station in Amroha district, wherein Rakesh alias Rakesh Kumar was booked under Sections 452, 376(D), and 506 of the Indian Penal Code—charges relating to house trespass, gang rape, and criminal intimidation. The complainant, who is the accused's bhabhi (sister-in-law), later approached the court supporting an application under Section 482 CrPC to quash the case, stating that the dispute originated from family discord and had been resolved through mutual understanding. A joint affidavit recording the compromise was submitted. The bench of Justice Vinod Diwakar noted that although allegations under Section 376(D) were of a grave and non-compoundable nature, the circumstances of the case did not warrant the continuation of prosecution. Court observed that the relationship between the accused and the victim, as well as the voluntary nature of the compromise, made it an exceptional matter warranting judicial intervention. 'The victim has consciously, willingly, and without any coercion entered into the compromise. In such circumstances, continuing the prosecution would not advance the cause of justice and would amount to an abuse of the process of law," the court held. Importantly, the judgment cited precedents laid down by the Supreme Court in Gian Singh v. State of Punjab and Narinder Singh v. State of Punjab, wherein courts were permitted to quash proceedings of personal nature to prevent undue hardship and protracted litigation. While underscoring that justice should serve both individual and societal interests, the court took the view that no useful purpose would be served by allowing the trial to continue. 'The victim is close family members of the applicant, and the genesis of the dispute appears to be an intra-family discord rather than a criminal act impacting society at large and public morality," the judge observed. The court thus quashed the chargesheet dated May 17, 2015, the cognizance order of August 13, 2015, and all proceedings in the 2016 sessional trial pending before the Fast Track Court-I, Amroha.
New Indian Express
3 hours ago
- New Indian Express
AP plaint to Telangana cops about encroachment of Agri Gold land
HYDERABAD: The Crime Investigation Department (CID) of Andhra Pradesh has lodged a complaint with the Narsingi police under the Cyberabad Commissionerate, alleging illegal encroachment and land grabbing of properties belonging to the Agri Gold group of companies in Narsingi village, Ranga Reddy district. According to the complainant, Shaik Abdul Basheer, Inspector of Police at the Agri Gold Cases Monitoring Cell, CID, the properties in question include Plot No. 431, measuring 394 square yards, and Plot Nos. 434 and 435, measuring 767 square yards, located in Survey Nos. 300 to 303, 306 to 311, and 313 to 315 in Narsingi, Rajendranagar mandal. These plots are registered under Agri Gold Constructions Pvt. Ltd. and Agri Gold Multi Media Companies. The complaint stems from a 2015 criminal case against the Agri Gold group, which defaulted on repaying funds to investors and depositors. The case was registered at Pedapadu police station in Andhra Pradesh under Sections 420 (cheating), 403 (dishonest misappropriation of property), 406 (criminal breach of trust), 477-A (falsification of accounts), and 120(B) (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), along with Section 5 of the Andhra Pradesh Protection of Depositors of Financial Establishments Act, 1999.
