La Martiniere principal, 3 teachers get bail

The principal and three teachers of the La Martiniere school for boys, who were arrested this morning in connection with the death of 13-year-old student Rouvanjit Rawla, were granted bail by a court here but police said the charge was not abetment to suicide.

The principal and three teachers of the La Martiniere school for boys, who were arrested this morning in connection with the death of 13-year-old student Rouvanjit Rawla, were granted bail by a court here but police said the charge was not abetment to suicide.

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Principal Sunirmal Chakraborty and the three teachers - Garnian, Partho Dutta and David Raun - were produced before City Metropolitan Magistrate Ravi Ranjan Chakraborty who granted them bail against a personal bond of Rs 500.

A police officer said all four had been charged under IPC sections 323, 324 and 352 and section 23 of the Juvenile Justice Act, which are bailable, and clarified that the charge was not abetment to suicide.