Teacher accused of ‘pushing’ disabled child gets relief, court cites ‘working woman’

The court, however, directed the petitioner not to “enter into the jurisdiction” where the alleged crime took place.

Justice Md Shabbar Rashidi said that the petitioner, being a working lady, the prayer for anticipatory
bail is allowed.

Grandmother’s house, family feud

According to the facts, the woman, a primary school teacher posted at Belda, sought anticipatory bail in a case registered at  Police Station, for offences including house trespass, assault or use of criminal force against a woman, causing hurt, criminal intimidation and acts done under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023. 

The teacher and her husband had allegedly visited her maternal grandmother’s house, where the grandmother was reading with the family of the woman who had lodged the complaint. It is alleged that the teacher and her husband used to create disturbances in the complainant’s family.

On the day of the incident, the teacher pushed down the complainant’s disabled daughter. When the child’s mother objected, the teacher allegedly assaulted the mother with a knife. The case diary contained statements of the alleged victim and witnesses, but no injury report was found.

Advocate Tapas Kr Dey, appearing for the teacher, argued that the woman was working as a primary school teacher, and although there was an allegation of a knife assault, no injury had been caused to anyone.

Advocates Biswajit Tiwari and Anirban Kumar Banerjee submitted that the teacher’s husband was still absconding, relying on various materials in the Case Diary, including the victim’s statement recorded under Section 183 of BNSS, as well as the statements of witnesses recorded under Section 180.