Archive · 25 Aug 2026
Police Add Culpable Homicide Charges In Student Death Case
A student named Pranay Teja died after collapsing in his classroom.
Police said he had allegedly been slapped by his teacher for not finishing homework.
The incident happened at a school in Visakhapatnam on April 21.
At first, police registered a case under a preliminary legal section.
They have now added stronger sections about harming a child and causing a death without intending murder.
These changes could allow the teacher to be arrested.
A government education committee is investigating what happened.
The school was closed for two days after the incident.
Police added culpable homicide and child-abuse provisions to the student death case.
Pranay Teja allegedly collapsed and died after being slapped by his teacher.
The incident occurred at Little Garden English Medium School in Visakhapatnam on April 21.
The teacher was initially booked under Section 194 of the BNSS.
A School Education Department committee is expected to submit its report within two days.
- Who
- Pranay Teja, his teacher, One Town police, and a School Education Department committee.
- What
- Police added Section 75 of the Juvenile Justice Act and Section 105 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita to the case concerning Pranay Teja’s death.
- When
- The incident occurred on April 21; the sections were added on Monday.
- Where
- Little Garden English Medium School in the Town Kotha Road locality of Visakhapatnam, under One Town police station limits.
- Why
- The legal sections were added after the student allegedly collapsed and died following a teacher’s alleged slap over incomplete homework.
- Student
- Pranay Teja
- Incident date
- April 21
- School
- Little Garden English Medium School
- Initial provision
- Section 194 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita
- Added provision
- Section 75 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015
- Culpable homicide provision
- Section 105 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita
- Investigation
- A three-member School Education Department committee is expected to report within a day or two
- School closure
- The school announced a two-day holiday following the incident