No bail for principal of Shrutis school

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Follow us:WhatsappFacebookTwitterTelegram.cls-1{fill:#4d4d4d;}.cls-2{fill:#fff;}Google NewsDr N Vijayan, principal of Zion Matriculation and Higher Secondary School in Selaiyur, and P Rajasekaran, motor vehicle inspector of St Thomas Mount, who were arrested on July 26 in connection with the death of school student Sruthi (7) on July 25, were refused bail by the Madras High Court on Wednesday.On July 25, Sruthi, a Class II student of the school, was killed after she slipped and fell through a hole on the floor of her school bus.Justice GM Akbar Ali said that being the owner of the bus, Vijayan’s main responsibility was to maintain it and see that the passengers, the children, were not exposed to danger. Though the gaping hole had been brought to his knowledge, he allowed the hole to remain there and such an act was likely to cause death or bodily injury, which had been subsequently proved by the tragedy.It was a blatant lie from MVI Rajasekaran that he had not noticed any hole on the floor of the bus during inspection. “Therefore, I am satisfied that the nature of the accusation, the gravity of the offence and the severity of the punishment in the present case fall under Sec 304(ii) of the IPC as the petitioners were negligent, proceeding with the knowledge that such was likely to cause death,’’ the judge said.There was a reasonable apprehension that the petitioners might tamper with the witnesses, if released on bail, though they might not flee from justice, the judge added and dismissed their bail pleas. first published:January 01, 1970, 05:30 ISTlast updated:January 01, 1970, 05:30 IST
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Dr N Vijayan, principal of Zion Matriculation and Higher Secondary School in Selaiyur, and P Rajasekaran, motor vehicle inspector of St Thomas Mount, who were arrested on July 26 in connection with the death of school student Sruthi (7) on July 25, were refused bail by the Madras High Court on Wednesday.

On July 25, Sruthi, a Class II student of the school, was killed after she slipped and fell through a hole on the floor of her school bus.

Justice GM Akbar Ali said that being the owner of the bus, Vijayan’s main responsibility was to maintain it and see that the passengers, the children, were not exposed to danger. Though the gaping hole had been brought to his knowledge, he allowed the hole to remain there and such an act was likely to cause death or bodily injury, which had been subsequently proved by the tragedy.

It was a blatant lie from MVI Rajasekaran that he had not noticed any hole on the floor of the bus during inspection. “Therefore, I am satisfied that the nature of the accusation, the gravity of the offence and the severity of the punishment in the present case fall under Sec 304(ii) of the IPC as the petitioners were negligent, proceeding with the knowledge that such was likely to cause death,’’ the judge said.

There was a reasonable apprehension that the petitioners might tamper with the witnesses, if released on bail, though they might not flee from justice, the judge added and dismissed their bail pleas.