India, June 17 -- The Bombay High Court on Tuesday set free a life convict after determining that he was a minor at the time of committing the murder within the jurisdiction of the Kurduwadi Government Railway Police. The convict had been imprisoned for around eight and a half years.

"The applicant was aged 15 years and 11 months at the time when the incident took place. Thus, there is merit in the claim of the applicant that he was a juvenile at the time when the incident took place," said the division bench of Justice Revati Mohite Dere and Justice Shyam C Chandak while ordering the release.

The incident occurred on December 20, 2015. The minor, along with an accomplice, assaulted another passenger while travelling from Pandharpur to ...