As per the prosecution, the victim and her friends had in February 2023 complained to the institute’s secretary that they were not getting proper meals at the school.
A day after the complaint, the accused allegedly asked the victim to make allegations against the secretary.
Though she had denied about any such happening, the accused allegedly continued to put pressure on her to make allegations against the secretary.
The harassment allegedly continued for months with the teachers threatening the victim that if she does not make a complaint against the secretary, she will not be granted good marks for internal examination.
The accused are also alleged to have verbally abused the victim and spread rumours about her having an affair with the secretary.
The accused allegedly continued to harass her to the extent that she once took an extreme step of consuming poison. She was then taken to a dispensary where she was saved.
It is also alleged that the accused made her undergo pregnancy test on two occasions. Due to the continuous harassment, she again attempted suicide by consuming suicide.
“It is her case that, for no reason, she was forced to undergo pregnancy test. She was defamed amongst the students and a rumor was spread that there was affair between the informant and the Secretary of the school. She was forced to take that extreme step of consuming poison because of the harassment,” the High Court had noted in its order.
This prompted the accused to move the Supreme Court.
Source: Barandbench
