Shillong, The Meghalaya High Court has quashed an FIR against six students from Uttar Pradesh, accused of vandalising a homestay here, after they paid ₹ 2.06 lakh as compensation, with two of them also directed to pay ₹ 25,000 each and perform six days of community service, officials said on Tuesday.
The court directed that a report on whether the community service was satisfactorily completed be submitted through the public prosecutor concerned. The FIR was registered at Laitumkhrah Police Station on July 11, following a complaint alleging damage to the homestay. Three of the accused are minors – one aged 15 and two aged 17 – and one just turned 18. Following the incident, all six accused were arrested on July 13 in West Bengal and subsequently released on bail. The parties later entered into a mutual settlement on August 17, following the intervention of elders and well-wishers of the students, the court noted. The court, however, directed two petitioners to pay an additional ₹ 25,000 each to the homestay proprietor within a week.
The remaining two are in their 20s and preparing for competitive examinations, the officials said. The other four petitioners were not assigned community service, considering their ages, another official said.
The accused filed petitions before the court, seeking quashing of the FIR.
