Teacher accused of ‘pushing’ disabled child gets relief, court cites ‘working woman’

The Calcutta High Court granted anticipatory bail to a primary school teacher who was accused of pushing a disabled child and allegedly assaulting the child's mother with a knife. Justice Md Shabbar Rashidi allowed the prayer for bail, citing that the accused was a "working woman." The court ordered the teacher to refrain from entering the jurisdiction where the alleged crime took place.

The teacher and her husband were accused of frequently causing disturbances in the disabled child's family. The teacher sought anticipatory bail in a case registered at the Police Station for offenses including house trespass, assault, causing hurt, criminal intimidation, and acts done under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (2023). Advocate Tapas Kr Dey argued that the woman was a working primary school teacher and that no injury was caused to anyone, despite the knife assault allegation.