Dharamshala, Jan. 3 -- The sessions court on Saturday granted interim bail to the accused professor Ashok Kumar in the ragging case of the government college in Dharamshala. The court has sent notice to the state and the next hearing will be on January 12.

A 19-year-old second-year student of Government Degree College, Dharamshala, who died during treatment in Ludhiana in December. Her parents alleged that she was subjected to ragging, assault and sexual harassment at the college, which caused severe mental distress and deterioration of her health.

The Court has directed in the interim order that the applicant shall not be arrested in case FIR registered under section 75, 115(2) and 3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS)and section 3 of ...