Kannur Court Denies Anticipatory Bail to Prime Accused as It Grants Relief to Colleague

Overview

• The Kannur District and Principal Sessions Court, which ruled Saturday, denied anticipatory bail to Dr M K Ram and granted it to Dr Sangeetha Nambiar.
• Judge Vimal J said police must question Ram for the investigation to progress and set Nambiar’s release on a Rs 50,000 bond with two sureties.
• Nithin Raj, a first-year BDS student, died on April 10 after a fall on campus, and police later added abetment-of-suicide counts and SC/ST Act charges based on his family’s complaint.
• The court cited witness statements describing Ram as harsh and humiliating in class and noted that no witness reported caste slurs against the deceased.
• Investigators are also examining a loan-app pressure angle in a separate cyber case after app operators contacted a teacher linked to the student.