A class 9 student of a government residential school was eight months pregnant when she gave birth to a baby boy at a hospital here, police said on Thursday, following which a case of rape under the IPC and POCSO has been registered.

The 14-year-old girl was staying at the hostel of a government residential school in Tumakuru district of Karnataka. The matter came to light when she came to her house in Bagepalli taluk of Chikkaballapura district and complained of stomach pain. Her parents took her to a hospital where after scanning, the doctors found that she was pregnant, police said. The girl was admitted to the hospital and after a medical check-up and necessary tests, the doctors performed the delivery on January 9.