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Court has also directed that protection be given to the child involved and his family
A division bench of the Supreme Court today issued notice on a plea raising concerns over the recent incident of a Muslim child being slapped by his classmates on instructions of their teacher in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh.
Controversy erupted after a video of the incident went viral on social media. Notably, the accused teacher, Tripta Tyagi, had referred to the boy’s faith and asked his classmates to beat him hard.
The bench comprising Justices Abhay S Oka and Pankaj Mithal has also asked Superintendent of Police, Muzaffarnagar to file a report on the status of investigation in the case.
When the matter was taken up today, Advocate Shadan Farasat informed the bench that an FIR was filed but he did not have a copy of the same.
"We will issue notice, returnable on September 25, 2023", thus ordered the bench while further directing the police to provide protection to the child and his parents.
Instant plea has been filed by Tushar Gandhi, great grandson of Mahatma Gandhi.
Tyagi, the teacher concerned has been booked under Sections 323 (causing hurt) and 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace) of the Indian Penal Code
The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights has also asked the Uttar Pradesh Police to lodge a first information report (FIR) against Tyagi and sought responses from the concerned District Magistrate and Superintendent of Police.
Case Title: Tushar Gandhi vs. State of UP
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