Mumbai: A Mumbai court on Monday granted bail to 18 medical students of Seth GS Medical College arrested on charges of ragging their juniors in Mumbai at a New Year party.
They were granted bail by the Bhoiwada metropolitan magistrate after furnishing a bail bond of Rs 5,000 each.
All the 18 students belong to occupational and physiotherapy courses in Seth GS Medical College and had been arrested on Sunday following a complaint to the police by college.
The students have been asked to present themselves in court at a later date when a chargesheet will be filed.
College authorities have also rusticated all the 18 students from the college hostel.
"BMC and the hospital authorities have decided that all the 18 be rusticated from the hostel. They will not be allowed to represent the medical college in any public forum. They will not be eligible for scholarships and freeships. The senior professors have said that the boys should not be expelled from the college as their education must not suffer," said KEM Dean Sanjay Oak.
The medical college, which is associated with the King Edward Memorial (KEM) Hospital, has also asked BMC additional Commissioner Health to decide the future course of action.
Ten first year physiotherapy students had filed a complaint against their seniors including some intern doctors, alleging that they were asked to strip and perform mock sexual acts at a New Year's party last week.
The accused students and intern doctors have been booked under various sections of the IPC and the Maharashtra Prohibition of Ragging Act.
A probe by the anti-ragging committee of the college has also been ordered into the allegation.
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