Uttarakhand: Apex court denies bail to teenager, he abetted suicide releasing obscene videos of classmate
Dehradun: Upholding the decision of Uttarakhand high court, the Supreme Court, on Monday, refused the bail of a teenager boy who allegedly abetted the suicide of his classmate, releasing her obscene videos on internet. Earlier, the juvenile justice board (JJB) also refused bail to this accused teenage school boy.
What is the case?
In the month of October last year, a school girl had gone missing in Uttarakhand and her body was found later. Her father lodged a FIR alleging that the accused had shot the obscene videos of his 14-year-old daughter and circulated the clips on the internet. Due to the shame and ignominy, she took her own life by committing suicide. The police have booked the boy under sections 305 and 509 of IPC and sections 13 and 14 of POCSO act for insulting her modesty and abetment to her suicide.
JJB and HC denied bail to this boy
Since the accused is a minor, this case was presented in the juvenile justice board (JJB) in Haridwar. On 10 January this year, JJB had rejected the bail plea of this teenager and this boy moved to Uttarakhand high court. On 1 April this year, justice Ravindra Maithani of Uttarakhand HC also refused the bail to this accused and said, “As per the social investigation report about juvenile, he is an undisciplined child keeping bad company and that he required strict disciplining and, on release, there could be further untoward incidents involving him.”
He also stated that “For a child in conflict with law every offence is bailable but bail may be denied if reasonable grounds for believing that his release would defeat the ends of the justice.”
His mother approached the Supreme Court
After the bail plea was denied at high court, the mother of the accused approached the Supreme Court. This matter was presented before a bench of justice Bela M Trivedi and justice Pankaj Mithal. In defence, the senior advocate Lokpal Singh argued that the parents of this boy are ready to take care of him. He further appealed to the court to give custody of the child to his parents as a reform home is not good for his development.
The Supreme Court refused to interfere with the HC orders
The Supreme Court bench of justices has carefully examined the case and rejected the bail plea saying, “”After carefully perusing the material placed on record, we are not inclined to interfere with the impugned order passed by the high court at this stage.”
Pune’s case of teenager boy who allegedly killed two engineers
This decision of the Supreme Court came amid the nationwide outrage on granting bail to a 17-year-old accused of speeding a Porsche in Pune, causing the death of two 24-year-old engineers in this accident. This teenager drove the vehicle in a drunken state and was granted bail within 15 hours of his detention. In a dramatic way, a local court helped him get bail after writing an essay. He was asked to write a 300-word essay on accidents, to work with traffic police for 15 days and undergo counselling to get rid of his drinking habit.