A leopard on the loose in a school in India has mauled six people who attempted to capture the wild animal.

The male leopard stalked the halls and grounds of VIBGYOR High, an international school in the southern city of Bangalore, for nearly 10 hours on Sunday, according to local news reports.

The eight-year-old male was first spotted inside the school building on chilling footage captured on CCTV.

Dramatic vision shot by local news channels then shows the leopard falling out of the building from an upper level into netting, knocking over a ladder and landing in the school's courtyard.