The Delhi Commission for Women on Friday said the High Court’s refusal to stay the release of the juvenile convict in the December 16 gang rape case was a “dark day” in the history of the country and it would appeal against his release.
DCW chairperson Swati Maliwal said she would appeal to the Chief Justice of India, Delhi High Court and write to the President against the release of the juvenile.
Here is what she tweeted:
Allegedly the most brutal of all the six rapists, the juvenile convict, now 20, is likely to walk free on Sunday, December 20 after his three-year sentence at a correction home gets over.
Maliwal stressed that an analysis needs to be carried out to assess the mental health of the juvenile convict.
Delhi Commission For Women’s Chairperson, Swati Maliwal | Source: PTI
The convict along with five others had gang raped and murdered the 23-year-old paramedical student in a moving bus, an incident that shook the nation and led to protests in the country as well as abroad.
Following the incident, government had proposed amendments to the Juvenile Justice Act, so that teenagers involved in heinous crimes can be tried as adults.
( Feature image source: Screenshot from Twitter)