Aman Kachroo ragging case: Four of his seniors convicted

Four medical students, accused of ragging their junior Aman Kachroo, who later succumbed to injuries in Tanda in Himachal Pradesh last year, were today convicted by a sessions court.

Additional district and sessions judge Purinder Vaidya held them guilty under sections 304 II (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), 452 (house-trespass after preparation for hurt, assault or wrongful restraint) and 34 (common intention) of IPC.

The quantum of sentence is expected to be pronounced later today after the judge hears arguments on it.

Nineteen-year-old Aman, a student of Rajendra Prasad Medical College and Hospital in Tanda, about 15km from Dharamsala, died on March 8, 2009, after being allegedly ragged by final-year students - Ajay Verma, Naveen Verma, Abhinav Verma and Mukul Sharma.

Prosecution led by senior public prosecutor Jiwan Lal Sharma had pleaded that Aman was brutally beaten up under the garb of ragging by his four seniors and had succumbed to his injuries.