Dated this the 27th day of June, 2025
‘Spare the rod, Spoil the child’
The culpability component in the context of offence under
the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (‘B.N.S.’, for short),
and also the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of
Children) Act, 2015 (‘J.J. Act’, for short), when a
teacher canes a student in order to discipline him/her is
the subject matter of these three Criminal Miscellaneous
Cases, for which reason, the three cases are heard and
disposed of by this Common Order.
Petitioner herein is the accused in Crime No.1375/2023 of
Sulthan Bathery Police Station. She seeks to quash
Annexure-A1 F.I.R. and also Annexure-A2 final report in
Crl.M.C.Nos. 8067/2024, 9017/2024 & 10077/2024