India’s top court will hear a plea against the release of an attacker in the 2012 deadly gang-rape of a student which provoked global outrage, after a women’s rights body filed a petition past midnight Saturday.
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The parents of the December 16, 2012 gang-rape victim were detained by police on Sunday while they were protesting against the release of the juvenile convict. Despite continued protests by the victim’s parents, the convict, who is now 20 years old, was released and sent to an NGO at an undisclosed destination, with the police no longer guarding him.
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“Crime has won. We have lost”, Singh said, BBC News reports.
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The government has said a one-time financial grant of Rs10,000 and a sewing machine will be given to him so he can make a living as a tailor. “The apex court asked when as per rule juvenile has got three years punishment then why should he not be released”, said juvenile’s lawyer.
“There are no words to describe our disappointment”, said Jyoti’s father Badrinath Singh.
Anand further asserted that on behalf of the Central Government they urged that the Juvenile Justice Amendment Law is before the Rajya Sabha and the attempt was to go through it as quickly as possible. “The judges told me that they share our concerns but there is no provision to subvert the existing law”. The women of this country have always been betrayed and this has happened once again also.
Devi said notwithstanding the release of the juvenile convict on Sunday, she and her husband Badri Singh will continue their fight to ensure death penalty for rest of the four rapists, who are now lodged in Tihar jail.
On December 16, 2012, the juvenile and five adult companions had repeatedly raped the victim and struck her as well as her male friend with a metal bar before dumping them on the road.
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“We want every woman to protest on the streets of the country to stop his release”, Asha Devi, the victim’s mother, told Reuters. Their appeals are pending before the Supreme Court. The move brought the reform-oriented Act under sharp focus and triggered a call to make it more stringent in view of the heinous crime the offender had committed.
