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” AN ACT TO PROHIBIT RAGGING IN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH ” ACT NO. 26 OF 1997

Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Andhra Pradesh in the Forty-eighth Year of the Republic of India, as follows :

  •   This Act may be called the, Andhra Pradesh Prohibition of Ragging Act, 1997.
  •   It extends to the whole of the State of Andhra Pradesh.
  •   It shall be deemed to have come into force with effect from 4th July, 1997.
  •   Ragging within or outside any educational institution is prohibited.

Whoever, with the intention of causing ragging or with the knowledge that he is likely by such act to cause ragging, commits or abets ragging and thereby-

  •   Teases or Embarrasses or humiliates a student shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees or with both; or
  •   Assaults or uses criminal force to or criminally intimidates, a student shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year or with fine which may extend to two thousand rupees or with both; or
  •   Wrongfully restrains or wrongfully confines or causes hurt to a student shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years or with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees or with both; or
  •   Causes grievous hurt to or kidnaps or abducts or rapes or commits unnatural offence with a student shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to five years and with fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees; or
  •   imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years and with a fine which may extend to fifty thousand rupees.
  •   A student convicted of an offence under Section 4 and punished with imprisonment for a term shall be dismissed from the educational institution.
  •   A student convicted of an offence under Section 4 and punished with imprisonment for a term of more than six months shall not be admitted in any other educational institution.
  •   Without prejudice to the foregoing provisions, whenever any student complains of ragging to the Head or Manager of an educational institution, such Head or Manager shall inquire into or cause an inquiry to be made into the sameforthwith and if the complaint is primafacie found true, shall suspend the student or students complained against for such period as may be deemed necessary.
  •   The decision of the Head or Manager of the educational institution under sub- section (1) shall be final.
  •   If the Head or the Manager of an educational institution fails or neglects to take action in the manner specified in sub-section (1) of Section 6, such person shall be deemed to have abetted the offence and shall be punished with the punishment provided for the offence.
  •   If a student commits suicide due to or in consequence of ragging, the person who commits such ragging shall be deemed to have abetted such suicide.
  •   The Andhra Pradesh Prohibition of Ragging Ordinance, 1997 is hereby revealed.

INSTITUTE REGULATIONS ON CURBING THE MENACE OF RAGGING

Ragging is a criminal offence as per the Supreme Court verdict. Ragging is an offence under penal code, which defines ragging as:


“Causing, inducing, compelling or forcing a student, whether by way of practical joke or otherwise, to do any act which detracts from human dignity or violates his/her person or exposes him/her to ridicule from doing any lawful act. By intimidating, wrongfully restraining, wrongfully confining, or injuring him or by using criminal force on him/her or by holding out to him/her any threat of intimidation, wrongful confinement, injury or the use of criminal force.”


“Ragging in all its forms is totally banned in this institution including in its departments, constituent units, all its premises (academic, residential, sports, kiosks, cafeteria and the like) whether located within the campus or outside and in all means of transportation of students whether public or private. The institution shall take strict action including but not limited to criminal proceeding and/or cancellation of admission against those found guilty of ragging and/or of abetting ragging and the burden of proof shall hereby lie on the perpetrator of alleged ragging and not on the victim. An offence of Ragging may be charged either on a written complaint by the affected or on independent finding of the Anti Ragging Squad. The Institution is bound by the UGC Regulations on Curbing the Menace of Ragging in Higher Educational Institutions 2009.”


  •   Punishable Ingredients of Ragging
  •   Abetment / instigation to ragging
  •   Criminal conspiracy to rag
  •   Unlawful assembly and rioting while ragging
  •   Public nuisance created during ragging
  •   Violation of decency and morals through ragging
  •   Injury to body, causing hurt / mental trauma or grievous hurt
  •   Wrongful restraint
  •   Wrongful confinement
  •   Use of criminal force
  •   Assault as well as sexual offences or unnatural offences
  •   Extortion
  •   Criminal trespass
  •   Offences against property
  •   Criminal intimidation
  •   Attempt to commit any or all of the above mentioned offences against the victim
  •   Physical or psychological humiliation
  •   Any act / abuse by spoken words, e-mails, snail mails, blogs, public insults etc.
  •   Any act that prevents, disrupts or disturbs the regular academic activity of a student
  •   All other offences following from the definition of “Ragging”.
  •   Punishments against Ragging

Depending upon the nature and gravity of the offence as established by the Anti-Ragging Committee of the Institution, the possible punishments for those found guilty of ragging shall be any one or any combination of the following:

  •   Suspension from attending classes and academic privileges Withholding / withdrawing scholarship / fellowship and other benefits
  •   Forfeiting Campus Placement opportunities / recommendations
  •   Debarring from appearing in any test/examination or other evaluation process
  •   Withholding of results
  •   Debarring from representing the institution in any regional, national or international meet, tournament, youth festival etc.
  •   Suspension/ expulsion from the hostel
  •   Cancellation of Admission
  •   Rustication from the institution for a period, ranging from 1 to 3 years
  •   Expulsion from the institution and consequent debarring from admission to any other institution for a specific period
  •   Fine as per norms

Collective punishment: When the persons committing or abetting the crime of ragging are not identified, the institution shall resort to collective punishment as a deterrent to ensure community pressure on the potential raggers.


In addition, in case of every single incident of ragging, a First Information Report (FIR) will be filed with the local police authorities. The possible punishment includes rigorous imprisonment (in compliance with the order of Supreme Court of India)


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