Lalit Verma is said to have launched into a furious assault on a boy named only as Shiva after the stolen items were discovered in the boy's bag at Dwarika Prasad School in Railamau village.
The alleged beating was so severe that the child complained of a severe stomach ache and began vomiting blood once he arrived home.
An ambulance was called but by the time Shiva got to nearby Fatehpur Hospital his condition deteriorated and he was declared dead on arrival.
Verman has been charged with culpable homicide not amounting to murder and detained for questioning, the Times of India reported.
The child's body has now been taken for post-mortem to establish the cause of death, but police told reporters that it is likely he died of internal bleeding.
Police superintendent OP Singh said Shiva's father had filed a report with officers in Biddupur relating to the 'unnatural' death of his son.
Further legal action can only take place once an official verdict on the nature of Shiva's death has been established and recorded.
For his part the headteacher has reportedly admitting slapping Shiva while questioning him about the stolen stationary.
According to First Post, the incident is not the first time the head teacher has been accused of using 'extreme' corporal punishment on his young students.
There are also numerous other reports of young Indian boys being beaten to death by teachers.
In the city of Burdwan, West Bengal, a nine-year-old complained of a stomach ache and died just hours after his private tutor reportedly beat him with a stick to failing to answer a question.
Elsewhere, in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, a young boy is said to have been beaten and thrown out of a window onto a busy road when his parents failed to pay school fees on time.
The child is understood to have died shortly afterwards.
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