India, June 2 -- The Supreme Court has discharged a man who was accused of driving a student to suicide by scolding him, saying that no ordinary person could have imagined that a scolding would result in such a tragedy. The accused, in charge of a school and a hostel, had scolded the deceased following a complaint by another student. After the incident, the student died by suicide in his room. "Under such admitted factual position, no mens rea (knowledge of wrongdoing) can be attributed to the appellant," the court said. P9
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