Principal calls student a thief, shows CCTV footage in class; court refuses to drop FIR

The Himachal Pradesh high court has refused to quash an FIR against a school principal accused of calling a student a thief in front of his classmates, ruling that a psychologist's report finding no signs of trauma in the child was not enough to halt criminal proceedings against her.What was the issueThe case relates to an incident involving a Class 7 student. In November 2022, the student got injured while participating in a race during a games period at school. When his parents went to question the school's principal about the incident, she allegedly abused them and threatened to have the child removed from the school, as per the court order.Days later, the principal gathered the students and showed them CCTV footage of the boy taking a notebook from a classmate's bag.