The girl identified as Shreya Shruti a class XII student of the DAV NIT school under Adityapur police station, took the extreme step as she did not fare well in her Mathematics and Science subjects, they said.
Shreya leapt from the fifth floor of the residential apartment situated near the main thoroughfare on Sher-E-Punjab chowk in the early hours, police said, adding, that two suicidal note addressed to her mother and brother were recovered from the spot.
A police-team reached the spot and recovered the body on being informed in the morning which has been sent for post mortem, police said.
The result of the CBSE board, which was scheduled to be released today, would now be published tomorrow.
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