St Joseph engineering college conducts agricultural camp at Manjotti, helps local communities
Mangaluru(Press release): As a part of its Educational Social Responsibility (ESR) and with intention of reaching out to the needs of the rural community, St Joseph Engineering College (SJEC), Mangaluru, organized an agriculture camp at Manjotti Village in Belthangady Taluk. The camp was spread over three phases and helped the villagers to a great extent. The major objective of the camp was to give the students rural exposure and engage them in community activities.
The first phase of the camp was held for 3 days in early October 2021. The camp began with an inaugural program involving the management of SJEC and the residents of Manjotti village. 49 students from 3rd year Engineering and 10 faculty members attended the first phase of the camp. During this phase, the students worked in the field, cleaned the surrounding area as well as soil for sowing seeds.
Apart from assisting the villagers with their agricultural needs, the students also entertained the villagers through a variety of cultural programs. During the camp, the students were exposed to rural life along with working in the agricultural fields.
The second phase of this camp was conducted in the last week of October 2021. 38 students from 4th year Engineering and 10 faculty members took an active part in this camp. During this phase, the major task was to prepare the field for planting paddy saplings. To facilitate this process, the students cleaned the field and made arrangements to block the water in the field.
The third and last phase of the camp was conducted in the last week of February 2022. This phase saw 2nd year Engineering students joining hands with faculty members and local villagers in paddy cutting and separating the grains. The last phase of the camp was all about learning agricultural and harvesting activities.
The parishioners of the Holy Cross Church, Manjotti along with Rev. Fr Praveen D’Souza, the Parish Priest of Manjotti and Rev. Fr Alwyn Richard D’Souza, the Assistant Director of SJEC participated in all 3 phases of this agriculture camp and were ably supported by the core team of NSS and the Community Engagement Group of the college.
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Mere breakup not enough for abetment to suicide: Delhi HC
New Delhi (PTI): Merely breaking up may not amount to instigation for a case of abetment of suicide under the criminal law, the Delhi High Court has said.
Justice Manoj Jain made the observation while dealing with a bail plea by a man accused of abetting the suicide of his former partner, who hanged herself five days after his marriage to another woman.
Granting bail to the accused, the court observed that the instigation should be of such a nature that leaves the deceased with no option but to commit suicide.
It said only a trial would establish whether the deceased's "extreme step" was on account of provocation, instigation, "merely on account of her being hyper-sensitive girl" or for some other reason.
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In the present case, the court noted, there was no dying declaration, and the parties were in a relationship for around eight years, during which there was no complaint from the deceased.
The court observed there was a considerable time gap between the date when the parties stopped talking and the date of the suicide.
"Apparently, it seems to be a case of a broken relationship and quite possibly, the deceased, having come to know that the applicant has got married to someone else, has chosen to finish herself," the court said in the order passed on February 24.
"Though broken relationship and heartbreaks have become common these days, mere breaking-up of relationship may not per se constitute instigation so as to make it to be a case of abetment under Section 108 BNS (abetment of suicide)," the court order read.
According to the father of the deceased, his daughter had been trapped by the accused, who pressured her to convert to his religion for marriage, and it was under such pressure that his daughter committed suicide by hanging herself with a chunni in October 2025.
The accused was arrested in November 2025.
The court observed that, according to the woman's friends, she was upset, and they never claimed anything on conversion. The accused had stopped talking to her from February 2025 onwards, it said.
According to the order, the man was let out on bail on a personal bond and surety bond of Rs 25,000 each.
The accused submitted that the parties were in a cordial relationship for around eight years, but the woman's parents were against the relationship since they belonged to different religions.
He alleged that it was her parents who forced her to sever the relationship.
