Guwahati (Assam), September 29: Utsav Kadam, a student of IIT Guwahati, who is accused of rape of a female fellow student, was expelled from the institution. An IIT official in a report said that the accused was guilty of gross indiscipline and had violated the students’ code of conduct which had to be strictly dealt with by the institute.

Earlier, Gauhati High Court had granted bail to the main accused for a bond of ₹30,000 and on condition that he cannot leave Kamrup district without informing; adding that both the youth - the accused and the survivor - are the "state's future assets".

The 21-year-old Utsav Kadam, a BTech student, allegedly made a 19-year-old woman from the same institute drink alcohol forcibly and then raped her. Following this, the police arrested the accused student for the sexual assault against the victim.

The rape survivor was not happy and said that she felt sidelined after the High Court had granted bail to the accused calling him a 'future asset’. She had said that she is feeling threatened because people think the accused is innocent since he got bail.

Soon after the March 28 rape incident, a single-judge bench of Justice Ajit Borthakur, in his judgment had said there is enough evidence against the accused. "On hearing the learned counsel for both sides with reference to the relevant documents such as FIR, medical report and statements... there is a clear prima facie case as alleged against the accused petitioner."

On September 3, the DOSA (The Dean of Students Affairs) updated the Senate about the final recommendation of the students' disciplinary committee (SDC) meeting and has decided to terminate the student from the institute.

However, the case became famous due to the ruling of the court while deciding on the bail application had said, "Investigation in the case is completed and both the informant/victim girl and the accused are the state's future assets being talented students pursuing technical courses at the IIT Guwahati, who are young in the age group of 19 to 21 years only and further, they are being hailed from two different states, continuation of detention of the accused in the interest of trial of the case, if charges are framed, may not be necessary," and granted bail to the accused.