Overview

• Police registered a case under the POCSO Act, the Bharatiya Nyaya Samhita and the Juvenile Justice Act after the delivery inside the school toilet.
• The FIR lists Section 64 of the BNS, Sections 4, 6 and 19 of POCSO and Sections 33 and 34 of the JJ Act.
• KREIS suspended the principal, the warden, a science teacher and a physical education teacher for alleged dereliction, with a departmental inquiry ordered.
• Officials said the 17-year-old and her newborn are stable at Shahapur Government Hospital, with a transfer to Bala Mandir planned under procedure.
• Reports differ on timing, with an FIR noting a Wednesday afternoon birth that was not promptly reported at the brother’s request, while an earlier account placed it at 2:30 a.m. Thursday.