Ahmedabad: The Gujarat high court has refused to grant regular bail to a college professor who was arrested on charges of seeking sexual favours from his student in a Modasa college.The professor was arrested in Nov 2025 after the Aravalli district police filed a chargesheet against him with regard to allegations of offences under Sections 75(2) and 78(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. His counsel submitted that the complainant’s deposition before the trial court showed inconsistencies and suggested that the applicant was not teaching the victim. He also argued that the complainant had partly resiled from earlier statements and that continued custody served no useful purpose. The state govt vehemently opposed the bail plea. The HC said that allegations were grave because the accused, a professor, had prima facie sought sexual favours from his student. It noted that the record included chats reflecting inappropriate demands and pressure on the victim to meet him and enter into a relationship. The court also took note of an apology letter tendered by the lecturer to the principal before his arrest for his inappropriate behaviour and also the inappropriate chats with the students, including the present victim. “It also appears that the present applicant was also pressurising other students to come to his chamber and whereas the WhatsApp chats reflects that after a voice call made by the present applicant, the concerned student had blocked the mobile number of the present applicant,” the court noted. “On merits as well as on the ground that the trial is not at all delayed, this court is not inclined to exercise its discretion in favour of the applicant,” the court said and permitted the professor to apply for bail after nine months.
