The case was registered at Murud police station in Raigad district yesterday, after a delegation of parents seeking action against P A Inamdar, president of the Maharashtra Cosmopolitan Education Society which runs the institute, other trustees and teachers, approached the police and insisted on registration of a case.
The parents alleged that the February 1 tragedy occurred due to the negligence of college management and teachers.
Murud police said they had registered a case under section 304 (A) (death caused by negligence) against 17 people including the president of the society P A Inamdar, other trustees, principal of the college and the teachers who were accompanying the students on the tragic day.
Parents had earlier alleged that they were subjected to ill-treatment by the college authorities and were driven away "unceremoniously" when they sought explanation from Inamdar.