Dharamshala, Feb. 18 -- The district and sessions court, while granting anticipatory bail to teacher and two students accused in case related to death of 19-year-old student, said "The medical board had finally opined that the deceased had longstanding behavioural symptoms most likely a primary psychotic illness of 'Schizophrenia Spectrum and Related Disorders', later on superimposed with features of Encephalitis like illness." However, the court directed that the teacher shall continue joining the investigation as and when directed. "In case anything new comes up during the course of investigation, more particularly while investigating the matter viz-a-viz the video clippings, theprosecution will be at liberty to take steps to incorporate the severer offences, If any, ismade out made out and take steps as per law," the court said. After the victim's death on December 26, 2025 based ona complaint filed by the victim's father, three students of thegovernment college in Dharamshala were booked oncharges of ragging whilethe teacher was booked for sexual harassment on January 1, 2026. In his statement, the father has alleged that September 18, 2025, his daughter had telephonically informed him that three girls had beaten her. "The complainant had further got recorded in his statement that while undergoing treatment at Mahajan Medicity Hospital at Pathankot, his daughter had disclosed to the nurse, which was also recorded by one of the attendants, wherein his daughter had named the accused teacher. She had disclosed in the video that the teacher used to touch her inappropriately," the order further reads. "The status report dated February 13, submitted by the prosecution clearly suggests that there is no convincing and credible proof, as of now against any of the accused," reads the order of the sessions judge, Chirag Bhanu Singh. "At the outset it will be worthwhile to point out that the investigating agency has submitted that having considered the investigatory material, including the phone data of the deceased and the accused's-students, the perusal of the CDRs of the accused's and the deceased, the attendance record of the accused, the opinion of the medical board, the report ofthe directorate of highereducation constituted inrespect of sexual harassment and ragging, the polygraphtest, layered voice analysis andbrain electrical oscillation signature test (BEOS), no convincing and reliable materialhas been collected by theprosecution till date," the order of the district and sessions courtread. According to the status report submitted by the police in the court on February 13, the medical board constituted at Dr Rajendra Prasad Government Medical College, Tanda, to review the treatment and medical circumstances related to the death of the victim, has opined that the deceased was mentally unstable during her illness and was in no position to give a legally competent and reliable statement. The report, submitted by police, further states that it is unreasonable to consider the allegations made in the video recorded during the deceased's illness credible, in theabsence of any corroborative evidence other than the video.It says that the delay in diagnosis was due to gaps intreatment, discharge against medical advice (LAMA), and refusal to undergo necessary tests. The report outlined that the possible reasons for the death of the victim included severe ARDS and CO2 retention aspiration pneumonia. The court in its order alsosaid, "Somehow the investigations have not centered around the video clippings allegedly made by the deceased, as it happens to be the genesis of the FIR, at least." "There is nothing on record to remotely show who made the video clipping, when and where it was made and the authenticity and veracity of the same. It requires a deeper probe, to say the least. To this extent the investigation seems to be slipshod and perfunctory," it further read. "Our main argument was the authenticity of the video which was taken on record by the police. The status report submitted by the police in the court is silent on the authenticity of the video clip," said advocate Narayan Thakur who appeared for the bail applicant. Earlier, the state committee probing the death of the student and allegations raised by her family along with a videopurportedly recorded by thegirl before her death, hasfound no evidence of ragging, use of casteist words or making indecent remarks....