Route rivalry murder: Madras HC directs arrested students to serve in GH trauma ward for getting bail
Justice AD Jagadish Chandra heard a batch of petitions moved by four students of Pachaiyappa's college seeking bail from a murder case.
Madras High Court
CHENNAI: The Madras High Court granted bail to students of Pachaiyappa’s College in a murder case, with a condition to serve in the trauma care centre at government hospitals in Chennai.
Justice AD Jagadish Chandra heard a batch of petitions moved by four students of Pachaiyappa's College seeking bail in the murder case.
After hearing the case, the judge directed two students to serve in the trauma ward at Rajiv Gandhi Government Hospital and the other two in the trauma ward at Kilpauk Medical College Hospital.
The judge also directed the students to appear before the respective hospital deans at 10 in the morning and serve at the trauma ward until 2 in the afternoon every day until further orders.
The judge also directed the government advocate to ensure that the principals of Pachaiyappa’s College and Presidency College appear before the court and posted the matter to December 20 for further proceedings.
On October 4, a group of students from Pachaiyappa’s College, including the petitioners, chased and brutally attacked A Sundar, a student of Presidency College near Chennai Central suburban railway station.
Later, Sundar was admitted to Rajiv Gandhi Government Hospital for treatment, however on October 9 he succumbed to the injuries.
Based on the complaint filed by the deceased student’s father, E Anandan, a daily wager, Periamet police registered a case and arrested five students under sections 103 and 109 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
While hearing the bail case, the judge observed that the students are creating a nuisance in the name of bus day and train day, and the State should take necessary measures to prevent such incidents.
The court also directed the State to submit the list of cases lodged against students for the past 10 years. The State submitted that a total of 231 criminal cases were booked against college students, particularly 58 cases booked against students of Pachaiyappa's College and 28 cases against Presidency College students.
