Kerala HC Dismisses Criminal Case Against Teacher For Caning Students

The Kerala High Court dismisses the criminal proceedings against a school teacher for caning three of his students, who were fighting each other in the classroom, saying that he only intended to enforce discipline and had no intention to hurt them.

Justice C Pratheep Kumar said that according to the class 5 students statement, they



were fighting each other in the classroom with sticks and it was at that time the Maths teacher intervened “to enforce discipline”.

The court noted that the teacher caned the students only on their legs, none of them required any medical treatment and there was no evidence that any of them sustained bodily injuries in the incident.