Allahabad High Court grants bail to 16-year-old boy accused of killing mother for not letting him play PUBG

The Allahabad High Court recently granted bail to a 16-year-old boy who is accused of killing his mother using his father's licensed pistol after she stopped him from playing mobile game PUBG..After considering that the accused is a juvenile and that there is no eye witness to the said incident, Justice Shree Prakash Singh was of the view that the accused can be given the benefit of bail."The revisionist was 16 years 8 months and 7 days at the date of the incident and that is evident from the impugned order of the Juvenile Justice Board. Thus, it is established that the revisionist is a juvenile...Further, so far as the merit of the case is concerned, the FIR has been lodged by the grandmother of the revisionist and she is not an eye witness. The other witnesses are also not the eye witnesses in the instant matter and only on hearsay basis," the order stated..The Court was hearing a revision plea moved by the juvenile-accused against the decision of the Additional District & Sessions Judge, POCSO Court, Lucknow, which had rejected his bail plea. He was booked for murder under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code 1860..As per news reports, in June 2022, the juvenile had killed his mother after she stopped him from playing online games including PUBG. The body of the deceased was recovered two days after the said incident..On being convinced that the release of the juvenile-accused shall not bring him in association with any unknown criminal or expose him to moral, physical or psychological danger, the Court directed his release on bail.While granting bail, the Court also took note of the fact that the juvenile-accused has been in a child protection home since June 8, 2022 and that his father has undertaken that he will keep watch over his son..Advocates Pradeep Kumar Rai, Prakarsh Pandey and Praveen Kumar Shukla appeared for the juvenile-accused..[Read Order]