The Kerala High Court quashed criminal proceedings against a teacher accused of caning three students, ruling he acted only to enforce discipline, not to harm. The court said minimal force was used and found no evidence of injury or malicious intent

Kochi: The Kerala High Court has quashed the criminal proceedings against a school teacher for caning three of his students, who were fighting each other in the classroom, saying that he only intended to enforce discipline and had no intention to hurt them.

Justice C Pratheep Kumar said that according to the class 5 students statement, they were fighting each other in the classroom with sticks and it was at that time the Maths teacher intervened “to enforce discipline”.

The court noted that the teacher caned the students only on their legs,

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