Archive · 13 Jun 2025
Jharkhand HC Orders Security SOPs After Student Death
The Jharkhand High Court wants schools and colleges to be safer.
After a student from a lower-caste group died at a school called BIT-Mesra, the court told the police chief to make a set of rules for security in schools.
The court is looking into a case about the student's death and found that the police may not have followed the correct rules when investigating.
The court has asked the school to share information about how they looked into the student's death.
Jharkhand High Court directs the DGP to create security SOPs for educational institutions.
The court's directive follows the death of a Scheduled Caste student at BIT-Mesra.
The court heard criminal appeal petitions related to the murder case.
The investigation by a sub-inspector, instead of a DSP, was also addressed.
BIT management was asked to provide investigation details for the next hearing.
- Who
- Jharkhand High Court, DGP Anurag Gupta, BIT-Mesra officials, and two persons convicted for the murder.
- What
- The Jharkhand High Court directed the DGP to create security SOPs for educational institutions.
- When
- June 13 (reported). The court was hearing a case from last year.
- Where
- Jharkhand High Court and BIT-Mesra campus.
- Why
- To improve security in educational institutions following a student's death at BIT-Mesra.
- Court
- Jharkhand High Court
- DGP
- Anurag Gupta
- Incident
- Death of a Scheduled Caste student at BIT-Mesra
- Case Type
- Criminal Appeal Petitions
- Next Hearing
- June 24