India, Feb. 13 -- The Bombay high court recently granted bail to Tejas Shinde, a 20-year-old second year business management student from Dombivli, who was arrested for allegedly killing his 69-year-old bedridden father by slitting his throat in a fit of rage.

While deciding his bail application, Justice Milind Jadhav observed that the young offender, against whom an FIR was lodged at the Tilaknagar police station, would face unpleasant consequences if he were to be excluded from the normal educational stream.

The court stated that Shinde "would otherwise have had a bright future despite the fact that he had an ailing father who was bed-ridden and his education was supported by his mother who was working as a house maid at the time," wh...