2012 gang rape: Supreme Court to hear plea against release of young convict today
New Delhi, Dec 21 (IBNS): Plea over the release of the juvenile convict in the 2012 Delhi gangrape case will be heard by the Supreme Court on Monday.
The convict was released from the correctional home on Sunday.
He is currently kept under the care of a non-profit organization here.
Protesters, including the victims parents, who were agitating against the release of the offender were detained by the police while they gathered at India Gate here to demonstrate against the move.
The victim's mother Asha Devitold media: "The government is doing nothing for the common man."
The Delhi high court on Friday refused to stay his release stating that there is lack of any legal provision to intervene.
He will be staying in Delhi under the care of an NGO.
The juvenile was the youngest of six men convicted of raping and torturing a medical student, Jyoti Singh, on a moving bus in Delhi in 2012.
The convict was just a few months short of 18 when he and five others attacked the 23-year-old girl and her male friend. He was reportedly most cruel with the girl, who died from severe injuries 13 days after the fateful night. The incident triggered a huge outrage across the country leading to protests. Four of the rapists have been sentenced to death and a fifth was found dead in prison.
For three years, Jyoti's parents had fought to stop the release of the juvenile.
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