Odisha High Court directs four students accused of ragging to teach in orphanage

CUTTACK: In a unusual order, a judge of the Orissa High Court has quashed an FIR registered against four senior students of a private law university for allegedly ragging a first-year student on the condition of teaching at an orphanage for one week.

While considering the petition filed by the four students, Justice Sibo Sankar Mishra on Wednesday, however, held that their conduct in the nascent stage of their career as the law students was highly objectionable.

“Therefore, while quashing the criminal case against the petitioners, this court feels it appropriate to direct the petitioners to volunteer at an orphanage of their choice for a period of one week where they will involve in teaching or conducting any workshop for the children studying in the orphanage,” Justice Mishra said in his order.