DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand excessive courtroom has ordered the discharge of a person who had been serving a life sentence in a 2003 homicide case, after it discovered he was a juvenile on the time of the offence. Mobin, who spent over 13 years in jail, was declared a juvenile in battle with legislation, rendering his continued detention illegal below the Juvenile Justice (Care and Safety of Youngsters) Act. The order was handed by a division bench comprising justices Ravindra Maithani and Ashish Naithani.Mobin had been convicted of homicide and theft below sections 302 and 393 of IPC by the extra district and periods decide in Roorkee on Feb 15, 2008. His conviction was later upheld by HC on March 20, 2013, with the Supreme Court docket dismissing his enchantment for grant of innocence in Aug 2013.The case dated again to June 24, 2003, when Mobin and 4 others — Imran, Shaharwan, Mustakeem and Farman — intercepted two males touring on a scooter close to Kaliyar in Roorkee. One of many victims, Jaipal Singh, was killed, whereas the opposite, Mahendra Singh, sustained accidents and was robbed. Through the course of trial, Mustakeem and Farman had been declared juveniles, whereas the remaining three, together with Mobin, had been sentenced as adults.A number of years after his conviction, Mobin filed an software from jail, stating that he too had been a minor on the date of the offense, requesting that his case be reconsidered in gentle of the relevant juvenile legislation. The HC obtained this communication on June 15, 2021, and subsequently sought a report from police to confirm his age. Nevertheless, the report failed to supply a conclusive dedication.On Aug 19, 2025, the courtroom directed its registrar (judicial) to conduct an unbiased inquiry into Mobin’s age on the time of the incident. The registrar submitted an in depth report based mostly on faculty data, witness statements and official paperwork, confirming that Mobin’s date of beginning was Might 22, 1988 — a discovering the courtroom deemed credible and dependable.