Principal’s anticipatory bail application rejected
Kasargod: District Sessions Court rejected the anticipatory bail plea of the headmistress in the case of cutting the hair of a Dalit student. The court rejected the bail application of Shirley Josephine, the headmistress of Kotamala School, Kasaragod. There is a complaint that during the school assembly, the hair of a class five student was forcibly cut on the pretext that he had grown his hair long. The incident related to the case happened on 19th of last month. In the incident, the police registered a case against the headmistress under non-bailable sections including prevention of violence against Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. The court said that child abuse is serious. Here, the police has still not been able to find the teacher who has been absconding for the last 26 days.
On the 19th of last month, a class 5 student was assaulted at Kottamala School. The parents have decided to continue the legal battle until they get justice in the case. Education Minister V Sivankutty had earlier ordered a detailed investigation into the incident and submit a report. Child Rights Commission also intervened: Child Rights Commission had voluntarily registered a case in the incident. On the complaint of the parent, Chitarikala police has registered a case against the teacher on non-bailable charges. The teacher cut the hair of a boy studying in class 5. The incident came to light when the SC promoter came to investigate when the child did not come to school. This led to widespread protests. The student had already transferred to another school.
