An Anti -Ragging awareness program was jointly conducted for NEC, NIT, and NIPS.
The Chief Guest for the event was Sri. K.Srinivasarao and the Guest of Honour were Sri D.Deena Babu Garu, Senior Civil Judge.
Various punishments for ragging were explained in detail under the Andhra Pradesh Prohibition of Ragging Act.
Ragging Awareness
“Ragging” means doing any act which causes or is likely to cause insult or annoyance of fear or apprehension or threat or intimidation or outrage of modesty or injury to a student;
Ragging within or outside any educational institution is prohibited.
Below are all the penalties for being convicted of raging in Andhra Pradesh
Penalty for Ragging.— 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,—
(i) 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
(ii) 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
(iii) 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
(iv) 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
(v) causes death or abets suicide shall be punished with imprisonment for life or with imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years and with a fine which may extend to fifty thousand rupees.
College is for learning and expressing yourself honestly. Ragging is not such an act. Stop such actions which demean yourself along with the people around you.
Narasaraopeta Enginerring College is against ragging.
