Archive · 4 Sep 2026
Surat Court Rejects Bail in Junior Doctor’s Ragging Case
A medical student in Surat died, allegedly by suicide, on August 9.
The case is connected to claims that he faced mental and physical harassment.
Police or prosecutors have linked a second-year postgraduate student to the case.
That student asked the court for anticipatory bail.
Anticipatory bail can protect someone from being arrested while a case is investigated.
The Surat court rejected that request.
The court also heard another student’s bail request.
A decision on the second request is expected in two or three days.
A Surat court rejected anticipatory bail for a second-year postgraduate student at Government Medical College, Surat.
The case concerns alleged mental and physical harassment of first-year microbiology student and junior doctor Dr. Harsh Pandya.
Pandya died, allegedly by suicide, on August 9.
The court also heard another student’s anticipatory bail application in the same case.
The order on the second application is expected within two to three days.
- Who
- Dr. Harsh Pandya, a first-year microbiology student and junior doctor, and two students whose bail applications are connected to the case.
- What
- A Surat court rejected one student’s anticipatory bail application in a case involving alleged mental and physical harassment linked to Pandya’s death.
- When
- Pandya died, allegedly by suicide, on August 9; the second bail order is expected within two to three days.
- Where
- Government Medical College, Surat, and a court in Surat.
- Why
- The case concerns allegations of mental and physical harassment, described in the report as “ragging,” faced by Pandya.
- Court
- Special Judge (Atrocity) P. A. Patel’s court in Surat
- Rejected application
- Anticipatory bail application of a second-year postgraduate student
- Institution
- Government Medical College, Surat
- Deceased student
- Dr. Harsh Pandya, a first-year microbiology student and junior doctor
- Reported death
- August 9; described as an alleged suicide
- Related hearing
- Another student’s anticipatory bail application was heard
- Expected decision
- The second bail order is expected in two to three days