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kill not working

saiganesh@LAPTOP-EJBON1NM ~
$ pwd
/home/saiganesh

saiganesh@LAPTOP-EJBON1NM ~
$ ps
      PID    PPID    PGID     WINPID   TTY         UID    STIME COMMAND
    14072   16116   14072      16120  pty1      197609 23:24:55 /usr/bin/ps
S   14584       1   14584      10368  pty0      197609 22:48:56 /usr/bin/man
S   11244       1   11244      14032  pty0      197609 21:50:41 /usr/bin/cat
S    4288   14584   14584      13752  pty0      197609 22:48:56 /usr/bin/less
    16116   14124   16116       6224  pty1      197609 23:24:48 /usr/bin/bash
    14124       1   14124      14124  ?         197609 23:24:48 /usr/bin/mintty

saiganesh@LAPTOP-EJBON1NM ~
$ kill 16116

saiganesh@LAPTOP-EJBON1NM ~
$

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can you please advise why kill not working as above?

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