Class 7 student assaulted by Bengaluru school staff, later attempts suicide

A Class 7 student was allegedly assaulted by the Founder-Secretary, Principal and several teachers at a Bengaluru school, following which his father filed a police complaint seeking action against the school management.

In Short

• Father alleges his son was assaulted by school staff on Tuesday
• The boy studies at St Philomena School under the RTE quota
• Complaint says the child suffered injuries across his body

A Class 7 student was allegedly assaulted by the Founder-Secretary, Principal and 2-3 teachers at a school in Bengaluru, following which the child's father filed a police complaint seeking legal action against the school management.

According to the written complaint submitted by Mahesh Kumar on July 15, 2026, his son, aged about 12–13 years, studies in Class 7 at St. Philomena School in Mariyappanapalya, Bengaluru-56, under the Right to Education (RTE) Act, 2009, Section 12(1)(c), through the free education quota.

In the complaint, Mahesh Kumar, who said he runs a grocery shop, alleged that on July 14, 2026, when his son went to school, the school's Founder-Secretary Rangaswamy, the Principal and 2-3 teachers, allegedly angered for some reason, severely assaulted the boy and beat him badly. He alleged that his son sustained injuries all over his body as a result of the assault.

The complainant further alleged that due to the pain and fear caused by the incident, the boy later attempted suicide by hanging himself the same evening.

Mahesh Kumar also said in his complaint that for the past few days, his son had repeatedly told him that he did not want to attend school because he was allegedly being harassed by the teachers, the Headmaster/Principal, the Secretary of the school management and fellow students.

According to the complaint, the father had been consoling the child and assuring him that if he completed Class 7 during the current academic year, he would admit him to another school from the next academic year.

Seeking action against the school's Founder-Secretary, Principal and the teachers named in the complaint, Mahesh Kumar stated that corporal punishment of children by teachers is an offence under the law.

In his complaint, he requested action under Section 17 of the Commission for Protection of Child Rights Act, 2005, and Section 17 of the Right to Education Act, 2009, both of which prohibit physical punishment and mental harassment of children in schools.

He also sought action under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, including Section 115(2) (voluntarily causing grievous hurt), Section 118(1) (causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means), and Section 351 (criminal intimidation), as well as Section 75 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, which deals with punishment for cruelty to a child.

The father urged the authorities to take appropriate legal action against the school's Founder-Secretary Rangaswamy, the Principal and the 2–3 teachers whom he accused of assaulting his son.

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