On Sunday, the juvenile convict in the 2012 Delhi gang rape and murder of Nirbhaya will walk free. This presently seems like an eventuality after the Delhi high court on Friday refused to extend his three-year stay in a reform home.
But soon after the high court’s decision was announced, there were strong reactions expressing outrage over his upcoming release.
In some cases Twitterati criticised parliamentarians for not reviewing the Juvenile Justice Act and bringing in stringent measures to try juveniles who commit serious crimes.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
The #JyotiSingh #JyotiSingh case exposes the weakness in laws n women n child victims rights! Both juvenile justice act n POCSO need review!
— Rajeev Chandrasekhar (@rajeev_mp) December 18, 2015 Juvenile given ₹ 10,000 to open a tailor shop. Worst VC funding.
— Trendulkar (@Trendulkar) December 18, 2015 Nirbhaya’s juvenile rapist walks.Opposition stalls parliament delaying Juvi Justice Act.Another juvenile rapist from two weeks ago benefits
— Advaita Kala (@AdvaitaKala) December 18, 2015 Juvenile convicted of #Nirbhaya Jyoti’s Rape free to walk on Dec 20. High court does not stay release. Very Very Disturbing.
— barkha dutt (@BDUTT) December 18, 2015 Today we have failed #Nirbhaya .
— Deepti Sachdeva (@DeeptiSachdeva_) December 18, 2015 Should be some way to review if juveniles rehabilitated or pose a threat to society. #Nirbhayajuvenile
— Aditi Anand (@AditiAnand3) December 18, 2015 We failed today, sorry #Nirbhaya that brutal juvenile rapist going to walk freely on December 20. Shame #NirbhayaCase
— kavitha Rao (@iamKavithaRao) December 18, 2015 We demand that the left liberals/NGOs/BBB crowd should keep this animal- #Nirbhaya rapist–in their homes in turn and reform him– RT
— RVAIDYA (@rvaidya2000) December 18, 2015 Damn it !-to hell wit this juvenile law! Humans made it so damn it change it and get that Mother some justice! #NirbhayaRapist
— Ushy Mohan Das (@UshyMohanDas) December 18, 2015 SuSwamy tried to manipulate “Collective Conscious” of the Nation but HC preferred Law. #Nirbhaya
— Abdulla Madumoole (@AMadumoole) December 18, 2015 Feature image source: PTI
