Medical Council of India (Prevention and Prohibition of Ragging in Medical Colleges/Institutions) Regulations, 2009

Punishable ingredients of Ragging:-  

• Abetment to ragging;

• Criminal conspiracy to rag;

• Unlawful assembly and rioting while ragging;

• Public nuisance created during ragging;

• Violation of decency and morals through ragging;

• Injury to body, causing hurt or grievous hurt;

• Wrongful restraint;

• Wrongful confinement;

• Use of criminal force;

• Assault as well as sexual offences or even unnatural offences;

• Extortion;

• Criminal trespass;

• Offences against property;

• Criminal intimidation;

• Attempts to commit any or all of the above mentioned offences against the victim(s);

•  Physical or psychological humiliation.

• All other offences following from the definition of “Ragging”.