Ragging within or outside of the campus of institution is prohibited.
Ragging
Definition: Causing/ inducting/ compelling or forcing a student whether by way of practical joke or other wise to do any act which destract for human dignity or violets his personality or expose him to ridicual or forbear from doing any lawful act by intimidating, wrongfully confining, or injuring him or by using criminal force to him or by holding out to him any threat of such intimidation, wrongful restraint, wrongful continement, injury or the use of criminal force.”
Whoever directly or indirectly commits, participates in, abets or propagates ragging within or outside institution shall, on conviction, be punished with inprisonment for a term which may extend to two years and shall also be liable to a fine which may extend to Rs. 10,000/-.
Any student convicted under section 4 shall be dismissed from the educational institute and such student shall not be admitted in any other educational institute for a period of five years from the date of order of such dismissal.