Reactions: Delhi HC’s Decision to Release Former Juvenile Convict
Delhi HC rejected Swamy’s plea seeking a stay on the release of the former juvenile convict in the Nirbhaya case.
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The former juvenile convict in the 16 December gangrape case. (Photo: Reuters)
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The Delhi High Court rejected Subramanian Swamy’s plea seeking a stay on the release of the former juvenile convict in the Nirbhaya case on Friday.
The High Court said the 16 December 2012 Delhi gang-rape “juvenile” convict’s stay in the observation home cannot be extended.
A division bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath said the convict, who was found to be a juvenile at the time of the crime, cannot be kept at the observation home beyond 20 December, the date he was initially set to be released.
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