{"id":40506,"date":"2015-12-18T09:58:27","date_gmt":"2015-12-18T04:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=40506"},"modified":"2015-12-18T09:59:26","modified_gmt":"2015-12-18T04:29:26","slug":"dec-16-gangrape-delhi-hc-refuses-to-stop-juveniles-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/dec-16-gangrape-delhi-hc-refuses-to-stop-juveniles-release","title":{"rendered":"Dec 16 gangrape: Delhi HC refuses to stop juvenile&#8217;s release"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_40340\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40340\" style=\"width: 296px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/delhi-high-court.png?ssl=1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-40340\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"40340\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/selection-of-successful-djs-candidates-would-remain-intact-sc\/delhi-high-court-78\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/delhi-high-court.png?fit=296%2C170&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"296,170\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"delhi high court\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/delhi-high-court.png?fit=296%2C170&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-40340 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/delhi-high-court.png?resize=296%2C170&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Dec 16 gangrape: Delhi HC refuses to stop juvenile's release\" width=\"296\" height=\"170\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40340\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dec 16 gangrape: Delhi HC refuses to stop juvenile&#8217;s release<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Delhi high court on Friday refused to stop the release of a December 16 gangrape convict, who was a juvenile when he and five men brutally raped and murdered a paramedical student in the Capital in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>The convict, now 21, has almost completed his mandatory three-year stay at a correctional home and is set to walk free on December 20.<\/p>\n<p>The verdict cancels out demands by civil society groups and individuals to extend his stay at the detention centre, citing reports that a fellow inmate had radicalised him.<\/p>\n<p>Taken aback by the court ruling, the distraught parents of the gangrape victim said \u201cCrime has won and we have lost (Jurm jeet gaya, hum haar gaye).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespite all our efforts for three years, our government and our courts have released a criminal. The assurance we were given that we would get justice, that has not been delivered. We are very disappointed. \u201cWe haven\u2019t seen him, not met him, but despite all our efforts, the criminal will walk free,\u201d Asha Devi, mother of the victim, said, adding their three-year-old battle for justice has gone in vain.<\/p>\n<p>The court said it cannot prohibit the convict\u2019s release and asked the juvenile justice board to interact with him, his guardians and officials of the Delhi government on his post-release rehabilitation.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier it was reported that instead of heading home after completing his sentence, the convict may spend a year with an NGO to ensure he is adequately rehabilitated and pose no threat to society.<\/p>\n<p>But activist Amod Kanth said the convict would have to give his consent for \u201cafter care\u201d by an NGO since he has served his full sentence.<\/p>\n<p>The convict escaped the gallows because he was 17 years and nine months old at the time of his arrest. Three of his co-accused are on death row.<\/p>\n<p>Just weeks before his release, the victim\u2019s parents had approached the National Human Rights Commission pleading its intervention to stop the convict\u2019s release.<\/p>\n<p>Police had originally planned a quiet release, sensing a visible threat to his life.<\/p>\n<p>The lenient sentence of three years given to juveniles also sparked a nationwide debate with a section of people seeking the lowering of the age limit for heinous crimes like rape and murder.<\/p>\n<p>On December 1, Union minister Maneka Gandhi had also said she was writing to home ministry requesting that the convict be tracked once released.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Delhi high court on Friday refused to stop the release of a December 16 gangrape convict, who was a juvenile when he and five men brutally raped and murdered a paramedical student in the Capital in 2012. The convict, now 21, has almost completed his mandatory three-year stay at a correctional home and is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38299,"featured_media":40340,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[84],"tags":[24963,35012,255,31987,117,80],"class_list":["post-40506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-criminal-law-news","tag-dec-16-gangrape","tag-dec-16-gangrape-delhi-hc-refuses-to-stop-juveniles-release","tag-delhi-high-court","tag-featured","tag-law","tag-legal-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Dec 16 gangrape: Delhi HC refuses to stop juvenile&#039;s release - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Delhi high court on Friday refused to stop the release of a December 16 gangrape convict, who was a juvenile when he and five men brutally raped and - Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/dec-16-gangrape-delhi-hc-refuses-to-stop-juveniles-release\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dec 16 gangrape: Delhi HC refuses to stop juvenile&#039;s release - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Delhi high court on Friday refused to stop the release of a December 16 gangrape convict, who was a juvenile when he and five men brutally raped and - Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/dec-16-gangrape-delhi-hc-refuses-to-stop-juveniles-release\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-12-18T04:28:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2015-12-18T04:29:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/delhi-high-court.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"296\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"170\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Legal India News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Legal India News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/dec-16-gangrape-delhi-hc-refuses-to-stop-juveniles-release#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/dec-16-gangrape-delhi-hc-refuses-to-stop-juveniles-release\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Legal India News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2b856940493e891fdeab60e1199c3d26\"},\"headline\":\"Dec 16 gangrape: Delhi HC refuses to stop juvenile&#8217;s release\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-12-18T04:28:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-12-18T04:29:26+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/dec-16-gangrape-delhi-hc-refuses-to-stop-juveniles-release\"},\"wordCount\":427,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/dec-16-gangrape-delhi-hc-refuses-to-stop-juveniles-release#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2015\\\/12\\\/delhi-high-court.png?fit=296%2C170&ssl=1\",\"keywords\":[\"Dec 16 gangrape\",\"Dec 16 gangrape: Delhi HC refuses to stop juvenile's release\",\"Delhi High Court\",\"featured\",\"Law\",\"Legal News\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Criminal Law News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/dec-16-gangrape-delhi-hc-refuses-to-stop-juveniles-release#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/dec-16-gangrape-delhi-hc-refuses-to-stop-juveniles-release\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/dec-16-gangrape-delhi-hc-refuses-to-stop-juveniles-release\",\"name\":\"Dec 16 gangrape: Delhi HC refuses to stop juvenile's release - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/dec-16-gangrape-delhi-hc-refuses-to-stop-juveniles-release#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/dec-16-gangrape-delhi-hc-refuses-to-stop-juveniles-release#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2015\\\/12\\\/delhi-high-court.png?fit=296%2C170&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-12-18T04:28:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-12-18T04:29:26+00:00\",\"description\":\"The Delhi high court on Friday refused to stop the release of a December 16 gangrape convict, who was a juvenile when he and five men brutally raped and - Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/dec-16-gangrape-delhi-hc-refuses-to-stop-juveniles-release#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/dec-16-gangrape-delhi-hc-refuses-to-stop-juveniles-release\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/dec-16-gangrape-delhi-hc-refuses-to-stop-juveniles-release#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2015\\\/12\\\/delhi-high-court.png?fit=296%2C170&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2015\\\/12\\\/delhi-high-court.png?fit=296%2C170&ssl=1\",\"width\":296,\"height\":170},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/dec-16-gangrape-delhi-hc-refuses-to-stop-juveniles-release#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Criminal Law News\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/category\\\/criminal-law-news\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Dec 16 gangrape: Delhi HC refuses to stop juvenile&#8217;s release\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Legal News India - Supreme Court & High Court Updates\",\"description\":\"Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"Legal News India for Advocates, Lawyers & Law Students\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Legal News India: Supreme Court, High Courts & Govt Updates\",\"alternateName\":\"Legal News India for Advocates, Lawyers & Law Students\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/538552_367793346590451_81997783_n.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/538552_367793346590451_81997783_n.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1\",\"width\":250,\"height\":250,\"caption\":\"Legal News India: Supreme Court, High Courts & Govt Updates\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/LegalindiaCom\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/Legal_india\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2b856940493e891fdeab60e1199c3d26\",\"name\":\"Legal India News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c408fba78be47a892c53d34c8fba7cbe12a0e770170ebcd127d6bfbd0d521664?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c408fba78be47a892c53d34c8fba7cbe12a0e770170ebcd127d6bfbd0d521664?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c408fba78be47a892c53d34c8fba7cbe12a0e770170ebcd127d6bfbd0d521664?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Legal India News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/author\\\/news\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Dec 16 gangrape: Delhi HC refuses to stop juvenile's release - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates","description":"The Delhi high court on Friday refused to stop the release of a December 16 gangrape convict, who was a juvenile when he and five men brutally raped and - Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/dec-16-gangrape-delhi-hc-refuses-to-stop-juveniles-release","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Dec 16 gangrape: Delhi HC refuses to stop juvenile's release - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates","og_description":"The Delhi high court on Friday refused to stop the release of a December 16 gangrape convict, who was a juvenile when he and five men brutally raped and - Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/dec-16-gangrape-delhi-hc-refuses-to-stop-juveniles-release","og_site_name":"Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/","article_published_time":"2015-12-18T04:28:27+00:00","article_modified_time":"2015-12-18T04:29:26+00:00","og_image":[{"width":296,"height":170,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/delhi-high-court.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Legal India News","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Legal India News","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/dec-16-gangrape-delhi-hc-refuses-to-stop-juveniles-release#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/dec-16-gangrape-delhi-hc-refuses-to-stop-juveniles-release"},"author":{"name":"Legal India News","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/2b856940493e891fdeab60e1199c3d26"},"headline":"Dec 16 gangrape: Delhi HC refuses to stop juvenile&#8217;s release","datePublished":"2015-12-18T04:28:27+00:00","dateModified":"2015-12-18T04:29:26+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/dec-16-gangrape-delhi-hc-refuses-to-stop-juveniles-release"},"wordCount":427,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/dec-16-gangrape-delhi-hc-refuses-to-stop-juveniles-release#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/delhi-high-court.png?fit=296%2C170&ssl=1","keywords":["Dec 16 gangrape","Dec 16 gangrape: Delhi HC refuses to stop juvenile's release","Delhi High Court","featured","Law","Legal News"],"articleSection":["Criminal Law News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/dec-16-gangrape-delhi-hc-refuses-to-stop-juveniles-release#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/dec-16-gangrape-delhi-hc-refuses-to-stop-juveniles-release","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/dec-16-gangrape-delhi-hc-refuses-to-stop-juveniles-release","name":"Dec 16 gangrape: Delhi HC refuses to stop juvenile's release - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/dec-16-gangrape-delhi-hc-refuses-to-stop-juveniles-release#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/dec-16-gangrape-delhi-hc-refuses-to-stop-juveniles-release#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/delhi-high-court.png?fit=296%2C170&ssl=1","datePublished":"2015-12-18T04:28:27+00:00","dateModified":"2015-12-18T04:29:26+00:00","description":"The Delhi high court on Friday refused to stop the release of a December 16 gangrape convict, who was a juvenile when he and five men brutally raped and - Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/dec-16-gangrape-delhi-hc-refuses-to-stop-juveniles-release#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/dec-16-gangrape-delhi-hc-refuses-to-stop-juveniles-release"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/dec-16-gangrape-delhi-hc-refuses-to-stop-juveniles-release#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/delhi-high-court.png?fit=296%2C170&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/delhi-high-court.png?fit=296%2C170&ssl=1","width":296,"height":170},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/dec-16-gangrape-delhi-hc-refuses-to-stop-juveniles-release#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Criminal Law News","item":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/criminal-law-news"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Dec 16 gangrape: Delhi HC refuses to stop juvenile&#8217;s release"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/","name":"Legal News India - Supreme Court & High Court Updates","description":"Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#organization"},"alternateName":"Legal News India for Advocates, Lawyers & Law Students","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#organization","name":"Legal News India: Supreme Court, High Courts & Govt Updates","alternateName":"Legal News India for Advocates, Lawyers & Law Students","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/538552_367793346590451_81997783_n.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/538552_367793346590451_81997783_n.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1","width":250,"height":250,"caption":"Legal News India: Supreme Court, High Courts & Govt Updates"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/","https:\/\/x.com\/Legal_india"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/2b856940493e891fdeab60e1199c3d26","name":"Legal India News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c408fba78be47a892c53d34c8fba7cbe12a0e770170ebcd127d6bfbd0d521664?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c408fba78be47a892c53d34c8fba7cbe12a0e770170ebcd127d6bfbd0d521664?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c408fba78be47a892c53d34c8fba7cbe12a0e770170ebcd127d6bfbd0d521664?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Legal India News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/"],"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/author\/news"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/delhi-high-court.png?fit=296%2C170&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":40407,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/dec-16-gangrape-centre-seeks-extension-of-juveniles-stay","url_meta":{"origin":40506,"position":0},"title":"Dec 16 gangrape: Centre seeks extension of juvenile&#8217;s stay","author":"Legal India News","date":"December 14, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"The Centre on Monday asked Delhi High Court to extend the observation home stay of the juvenile convict in December 16, 2012 gangrape case who is scheduled to be released on Sunday, saying several mandatory aspects were missing from the post-release rehabilitation plan which needed to be considered before setting\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Criminal Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Criminal Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/criminal-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/subramanian-Swami.jpg?fit=540%2C405&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/subramanian-Swami.jpg?fit=540%2C405&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/subramanian-Swami.jpg?fit=540%2C405&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":40369,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/delhi-hc-seeks-centre-reply-on-steps-post-release-of-juvenile","url_meta":{"origin":40506,"position":1},"title":"Delhi HC seeks Centre reply on steps post release of juvenile","author":"Legal India News","date":"December 11, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"The Delhi High Court today sought Centre's response on BJP leader Subramanian Swamy's plea that the juvenile convict in the December 16, 2012, gangrape case be not released till it is \"demonstrably assured\" that he has reformed and was not a menace to society. A bench of Chief Justice G\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"Delhi HC seeks Centre reply on steps post release of juvenile","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/delhi-high-court.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":37421,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/dec-16-gangrape-hc-seeks-reply-from-bbc-documentary-maker","url_meta":{"origin":40506,"position":2},"title":"Dec 16 gangrape: HC seeks reply from BBC &#038; documentary maker","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"April 18, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"The Delhi High Court today sought reply from BBC and the British director of the controversial documentary on December 16 gangrape case on a plea seeking their prosecution for interviewing one of the convicts who made derogatory statement against women.A bench of Justice Sunita Gupta also asked the Centre and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Consumer Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Consumer Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/consumer-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/delhi-high-court.jpg?fit=500%2C333&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":30338,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/dec-16-gangrape-hc-start-hearing-wednesday","url_meta":{"origin":40506,"position":3},"title":"Dec 16 gangrape: HC to start hearing from Wednesday","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"September 24, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The Delhi High Court will start from Wednesday the day-to-day hearing on the death sentence awarded to four men in Delhi's Dec 16 gangrape-cum-murder case. The trial court Sep 13 awarded the death sentence to Mukesh (26), Akshay Thakur (28), Pawan Gupta (19) and Vinay Sharma (20), convicted in the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":40517,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/jurm-jeet-gaya-says-distraught-family-of-dec-16-gangrape","url_meta":{"origin":40506,"position":4},"title":"&#8216;Jurm jeet gaya&#8217;, says distraught family of Dec 16 gangrape","author":"Legal India News","date":"December 18, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"\"Crime has won and we have lost (Jurm jeet gaya, hum haar gaye)\" was the immediate reaction of the family of the December 16 gangrape victim, after the Delhi High Court\u00a0today refused to stay the release of the juvenile convict, who is now a major and due to be set\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Criminal Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Criminal Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/criminal-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/NCDRC.jpg?fit=420%2C239&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":43175,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/robbery-casedec-16-gangrape-convicts-move-delhi-hc","url_meta":{"origin":40506,"position":5},"title":"Robbery case:Dec 16 gangrape convicts move Delhi HC","author":"Legal India News","date":"May 29, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Three of the four death row convicts in the December 16 gangrape and murder case have moved the Delhi High Court challenging the 10-year jail term awarded to them by a trial court in a robbery case. Akshay Kumar Singh, Pawan Gupta and Vinay Sharma, who were convicted for dacoity\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Criminal Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Criminal Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/criminal-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/01\/DELHI_HIGH_COURT.jpg?fit=636%2C477&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/01\/DELHI_HIGH_COURT.jpg?fit=636%2C477&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/01\/DELHI_HIGH_COURT.jpg?fit=636%2C477&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6H5Bf-axk","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38299"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40506\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}