Ragging within or outside of any educational institution is prohibited.
Whosoever directly or indirectly commits, participates in, abets or propagates ragging within or outside any educational institution shall, on conviction, be punished within imprisonment for a term up to 2 years and/or penalty which may extend to thousand rupees.
Any students convicted of an offense be ragging shall be dismissed from the educational institution and such student shall not be admitted to any other educational institution for a period of five years from the date of order of such dismissal.