HC seeks report on juvenile convicted in Nirbhaya gangrape

Meanwhile, the Centre had yesterday requested Delhi High Court to prolong the statement residence keep of the juvenile convict, saying a number of obligatory points have been lacking from the submit-launch rehabilitation plan which wanted to be thought-about earlier than setting him free.

The bench reserved its order on Bharatiya Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy's plea against the release of the "unreformed" juvenile convict.

On its part, the Commission had asked Delhi chief secretary to apprise it of any pre-release or post release plan prepared for the juvenile and also sought information as to whether the juvenile has been recently subjected to " psychological or psychiatric assessment".

The committee's plan does not mention the mental health status of the juvenile, which is a mandatory requirement under the rules, said the ASG.

According to reports, the IB had raised suspicion of the juvenile being radicalized after being shifted with another juvenile who was apprehended in connection with the Delhi High Court blasts. The court has indicated that it will take into account the said report as well as the plan of rehabilitation for the juvenile before taking any decision. He was ordered to be kept in a remand home for three years. Nirbhaya's parents have expressed their opposition on juvenile's release.

The question arises, in a very acute form, in the instant gangrape case, where the Juvenile, one of the offenders, who was adjudged to be under eighteen years of age at the time of the offence, is about to complete the maximum period of the offence prescribed.

A report by home ministry claims the juvenile becoming worse after being radicalised by association with another juvenile. "Now there isn't any hope for justice", as they appealed not to launch the juvenile convict. Swamy had said that the juvenile is an animal and should be denied freedom.

He had sought that juvenile be prosecuted in a criminal court in view of the gravity of the offence.

Today marks the third anniversary of December 16, 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape that shook the nation.

The victim, who was brutally assaulted by six persons, including the juvenile, in a moving bus in south Delhi, had succumbed to her injuries in a Singapore hospital.