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Ragging is a criminal offence as per the directives of
the Hon’ble Supreme Court, which defines ragging as: "Causing, inducing,
compelling or forcing a student, whether by way of practical joke or otherwise,
to do any act which detracts from human dignity or violates his/her person or
exposes him/her to ridicule from doing any lawful act. By intimidating,
wrongfully restraining, wrongfully confining, or injuring her / him or by using
criminal force on him/her or by holding out to him/her any threat of intimidation,
wrongful confinement, injury or the use of criminal force." "Ragging
in all its forms is totally banned in this institution including in its
departments, constituent units, all its premises (academic, residential,
sports, kiosks, cafeteria and the like) whether located within the campus. The
institution shall take strict action including but not limited to criminal
proceeding and/or cancellation of admission against those found guilty of
ragging and/or of abetting ragging and the burden of proof shall hereby lie on
the perpetrator of alleged ragging and not on the victim. An offence of Ragging
may be charged either on a written complaint by the affected or on independent
finding of the Anti-Ragging Squad.
Punishable
Ingredients of Ragging: Abetment / Instigation to ragging
- Criminal
conspiracy to rag
- Unlawful
assembly and rioting while ragging
- Public
nuisance created during ragging
- Violation
of decency and morals through ragging
- Injury to
body, causing hurt / mental trauma or grievous hurt
- Wrongful restraint
- Wrongful
confinement
- Use of
criminal force
- Assault as
well as sexual offences or unnatural offences
- Extortion
- Criminal
trespass
- Offences
against property Criminal intimidation
- Attempt to
commit any or all of the above mentioned offences against the victim
- Physical or
psychological humiliation
- Any act /
abuse by spoken words, e-mails, snail mails, blogs, public insults etc.
- Any act
that prevents, disrupts or disturbs the regular academic activity of a
student
- All other
offences following from the definition of "Ragging".
Punishments against
Ragging:
- Depending
upon the nature and gravity of the offence as established by the
Anti-Ragging Committee of the Institution, the possible punishments for
those found guilty of ragging shall be any one or any combination of the
following:
- Suspension
from attending classes and academic privileges
- Withholding
/ withdrawing scholarship / fellowship and other benefits
- Forfeiting
Campus Placement opportunities / recommendations
- Debarring
from appearing in any test / examination or other evaluation process
- Withholding
of results
- Debarring
from representing the institution in any regional, national or
international meet, tournament, youth festival etc.
- Suspension/
expulsion from the hostel
- Cancellation
of Admission
- Rustication
from the institution for a period, ranging from 1 to 3 years
- Expulsion
from the institution and consequent debarring from admission to any other
institution for a specific period .When the persons committing or abetting
the crime of ragging are not identified, the institution shall resort to
collective punishment as a deterrent to ensure community pressure on the
potential raggers.
- In
addition, in case of every single incident of ragging, a First Information
Report (FIR) will be filed with the local police authorities. The possible
punishment includes rigorous imprisonment (in compliance with the order of
Supreme Court of India).