Section 2
Anti-Ragging Rules Ragging is Banned
Students are required to submit an Anti-Ragging Affidavit at the time of admission, in compliance with UGC and Hon'ble Supreme Court directives. The College has zero tolerance for any form of ragging on campus, in hostels, in transport, or off-campus.
Punishable Offences
The following acts, individually or in combination, constitute punishable offences under the College's anti-ragging policy:
- Abetment to ragging
- Criminal conspiracy to rag
- Unlawful assembly and rioting while ragging
- Public nuisance created during ragging
- Violation of decency and morals through ragging
- Injury to body, causing hurt or grievous hurt
- Wrongful restraint or wrongful confinement
- Use of criminal force
- Assault as well as sexual offences or unnatural offences
- Extortion or criminal trespass
- Offences against property
- Criminal intimidation and attempts to commit any or all of the above-mentioned offences against the victim(s)
- Physical or psychological humiliation
- All other offences that follow from the definition of "Ragging"
Punishments
Depending upon the nature and gravity of the offence as established by the Anti-Ragging Committee of the institution, the possible punishments for those found guilty of ragging shall be any one or any combination of the following:
- Suspension from attending classes and academic privileges
- Withholding / withdrawing scholarship / fellowship and other benefits
- Debarring from appearing in any test / examination or other evaluation process
- Withholding results
- Debarring from representing the institution in any regional, national or international meet, tournament, youth festival, etc.
- Suspension / expulsion from the hostel
- Cancellation of admission
- Rustication from the institution for a period ranging from I to IV semesters
- Expulsion from the institution and consequent debarring from admission to any other institution for a specified period
- Heavy fine
- Collective Punishment: When the persons committing or abetting the crime of ragging are not identified, the institution shall resort to collective punishment