'Young Offenders Deserve Chance To Reform': Bombay HC Quashes FIR Against Man Who Brandished Sword At 19

Mumbai, August 28, 2026: Observing that young offenders should be given an opportunity to reform and rehabilitate themselves, the Bombay High Court has quashed a 2015 FIR against a man who had allegedly brandished a sword during a confrontation with a mob when he was 19 years old.

Justice Milind Jadhav, while allowing the man’s plea, said punishment should aim at a “reformative result rather than being punitive in nature”. The court noted that the accused was a Class XII student at the time of the incident and had no criminal antecedents.

Incident At Wadala Chawl