HC directs police not to arrest medical college principal, two students without credible evidence in suicide case

Lucknow: The Allahabad High Court has recently provided interim relief to the principal of Rajarshi Dashrath Medical College, along with two students from the institution, by directing the Ayodhya police to refrain from arresting them without concrete evidence related to the allegations of abetting the suicide of a contractual worker.

Apart from directing the police to gather evidence before arresting the accused, the division bench of Justice Vivek Chaudhary and Justice Om Prakash Shukla also asked the accused petitioners to fully cooperate in the investigation.

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As per a TOI news report, the case concerns a contractual worker who committed suicide by consuming poison on August 7, 2024. According to the deceased father, his son was physically assaulted by around 12 doctors following a dispute with the accused students. 

He claimed that the doctors reached the spot and allegedly beat him. Further, he alleged that his son was threatened to be implicated in a false case. Following his son's suicide, the complainant approached the police but they refused to register an FIR. As a result, he gave an application in the court and after the court's order an FIR was registered in the case on November 7, 2024.

The students argued that while they had disagreements with the deceased, it was not severe enough to lead to his suicide. Therefore, they claimed that their actions didn't force him to commit suicide. The principal of the medical college also denied any involvement in the incident or the dispute.

Considering the facts, the bench emphasized that arrests should only be made if substantial and credible evidence is found against the accused. 

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