Panchkula, April 28 -- Sessions court in Panchkula upheld the lower court's judgment convicting a teacher for beating a Class 6 student over touching her car.

Initially, a complaint was filed with the police against Kirti Malik, 39, a teacher from Sector 8, by Bharti Verma, the principal of Government School, Parwala. Verma reported that on December 30, 2021, she received information that Malik had beaten a Class 6 student for touching her car. Malik had also allegedly verbally abused and intimidated the principal, villagers, and staff.

The victim was subsequently taken for medical examination, leading to the registration of the FIR under Sections 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code at...