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Brief Details of the Incident:

Renuka (14) d/o Ponnakanti Hanumanthu, Budagajangam by caste and is the resident of Miyapur. She was studying 5^th standard in A.P. Social Welfare Society Residential School at Shivareddypet, Vikarabad mandal in Ranga Reddy District.

On 21^st February 2010 night, Renuka’s classmate Ujjwala screamed as she had a bad dream due to which other students were also scared and started screaming. Lavanya and Nirmala the teachers sleeping in the next room got disturbed and beat all the students. As the teacher Lavanya pushed Renuka against a wall, she had head injury and fell unconscious. Renuka was admitted to Govt. hospital at Vikarabad by the school staff and the same was informed to her parents. Having come to know, Renuka’s brothers Dastagiri and Prakasam went to the school and questioned the staff. They took Renuka to their house as instructed by the staff. This incident was given much visibility through print media.

Renuka was brought back to school by her parents after recovery. The principal Dhana Lakshmi and the staff refused to allow her and warned them to take her back. Though they repeatedly brought Renuka to the school and pleaded, the principal and the staff rejected to allow her to continue her studies and warned of dire consequences, stating that due to her, the reputation of their school was lost and the marriage proposals for Lavanya were also cancelled. They also threaten saying that they will lodge a complaint in the police station against her and write that her conduct is bad in the Transfer Certificate. Due to this situation the parents of Renuka approached Mr. Muthyala Raju, the Sub-Collector of Vikarabad, on 20/03/2010, but in vain.

Renuka was very much interested to pursue higher education and that is the reason she joined the residential school in 5^th standard since she got the seat through entrance test, though she was pursuing 7^th standard in the government school. Dejected over the behavior of school management Renuka attempted for suicide by drenching herself with kerosene on 07/04/2010. She was admitted in Gandhi hospital Hyderabad by her parents. The doctors have confirmed that there are 75% of burns and situation is critical. A case has been registered in Miyapur P.S of Cyberabad, bearing Crime No. 160/2010 dated 07/04/2010 and on the same day dying declaration was recorded by Sri Venkateswara Prasad, the XIII Addl Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Nampally. Renuka succumbed to the burn injuries on 22/04/2010. 

Chronological Order of Steps Taken by the concerned Authorities:

• On 06/05/2010 the A1 approached Hon’ble High Court and obtained anticipatory bail.
• On 24/05/2010 the A2 approached Hon’ble Metropolitan Sessions Judge, Cyberabad, Ranga Reddy District and obtained anticipatory bail.
• Charge sheet was filed by Sub Inspector of Miyapur on 21/06/2010 U/s 306 & 323 of IPC. 
• Summons issued to the witnesses bearing SC No 229/2011 of II ASJ Court, Cyberabad, LB Nagar.
• Trial commenced on 1^st September 2014 and adjourned to 15^th September.
• Adjourned to 29^th September 2014.
• Adjourned to 10^th November 2014

Interventions of Dalit Sthree Sakthi:

•       Conducted fact finding on the incident on 8^th April 2010
•       Video recorded the dying declaration of deceased on 8^th April 2010
•       Represented the incident on 13^th April 2010 to Collector-Ranga Reddy, Commissioner         of Police-Cyberabad, IGP-PCR Cell, Commissioner-SWD, Director-National SC                     Commission, Chairperson-NHRC, Chairperson-NCW, Chairperson-SHRC, Secretary-             State SC/ST Commission, Director General of Police
•       Represented the incident on 24^th April 2010 to the Hon’ble Chief Justice of High Court,         Chief Minister & Home Minister of erstwhile state of Andhra Pradesh
•       Presented the case before the jury consisting of district and state level officials in the           state and district level Public Hearings(PH) and Round Table Conferences(RTC) held on:

Ranga Reddy District RTC held 10/12/2010

State Public Hearing held at Hyderabad on 04/03/2011

Ranga Reddy Public Hearing held on 30/11/2011

State RTC held at Hyderabad on 01/03/2012

Ranga Reddy held on RTC on 07/12/2012

State RTC held at Hyderabad on 27/02/2013

Legal Clinic held at Hyderabad on 3^rd & 4^th February 2014

•       Raised the case repeatedly in District Vigilance and Monitoring Committee meeting of           Ranga Reddy district
•       Memo issued by the Commissioner of Police, Cyberabad to the Inspector of Police of           Miyapur PS for inclusion of SC, ST (PoA) Act
•       Memo filed on 15^th September 2014 for Cancellation of Trial in II ASJ Court of Ranga           Reddy District
•       Filed Crl MP in Hon’ble High Court for inclusion of SC, ST (PoA) Act and procured orders      directing the trial court to consider the requisition of the complainant.
•       Memo filed in II ASJ Court, on 29^th September informing about the High Court                     directions.