Juvenile Justice Board orders 15-year-old boy to work at cow shelter as punishment in Uttar Pradesh

By IANS

MORADABAD: In a singular punishment, the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) in Uttar Pradesh’s Moradabad has ordered a 15-year-old boy to do 15 days of group service at a cow shelter. He must clear a public place for an additional 15 days.

The boy was discovered responsible of sharing an ‘objectionable’ submit towards Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on social media a month in the past.

Divulging particulars of the case, advocate Atul Singh, extra authorities counsel, stated, “The accused had shared a morphed picture of the chief minister with an inflammatory message on social media. An FIR was registered by sub-inspector Rajesh Kumar at Sahaswan police station earlier this month against the boy under section 505 (public mischief) of the IPC along with section 67 of the IT Act. He was later sent to a juvenile home.”

Considering his age and that it was his first offence, JJB members gave him a chance to ‘serve the group’.

JJB president Aanchal Adhana together with members Pramila Gupta and Arvind Kumar Gupta, delivered the judgment on Monday.

The JJB moreover slapped a superb of Rs 10,000 on {the teenager} underneath the IT Act, Singh added.