New Delhi: The Supreme Court will on Monday hear a plea seeking a stay on the release of the juvenile convict in the December 16 gangrape and murder case. The juvenile convict, who was released on Sunday, is currently in the custody of a Delhi based NGO.
A vacation bench comprising Justices AK Goel and UU Lalit will hear the Delhi Commission for Women's plea around 10:30 AM.
The juvenile convict was released on Sunday amidst a high drama in the national capital. The gangrape victim's parents and several others were detained by the police for holding protest against juvenile's release and were later released.
Jyoti Singh's parents will hold protests around 2 PM at Jantar Mantar today.
In a midnight drama on Saturday, the DCW appealed to the Supreme Court to bar juvenile's release. DCW chief Swati Maliwal reached the apex court at midnight to file a Special Leave Petition but the court had said there was no urgency for a midnight hearing and has listed the hearing for Monday.
Maliwal had said, "We have filed our petition. The Supreme Court has agreed to hear our case on Monday. It has been listed as the third item on the list, the matter is sub-judice. I hope the juvenile will not be released till the hearing."
The grounds which has been taken in the appeal against the Delhi High Court order said that no mental assessment of the state of mind of the juvenile offender has been taken into account for his release.
Advocate Devdutt Kamath said that there are intelligence reports that even during his stay in the provision home, the convict was unremorseful of his action and he has been further radicalised. So at this stage, it cannot be said that he is not a threat to the society.
The SLP has also stated that though the High Court was of the view that there was a need for mental assessment of the convict, there was no direction that before his release the authorities should go for a health and mental assessment of the offender.
Further, it is submitted in the petition that there is also likely to be threat to his own life as reports are appearing that there is anger and tension between two groups in his own village.
"Therefore it is also in his own interest and for the protection of his life that he should not be dumped and left unprotected," it said.
In the petition, Kamath said there are other legal points raised to challenge the High Court order. Guru Krishna Kumar is to appear for DCW in the case.
The High Court had on Friday refused to restrain the convict's release citing that there is no legal provision for the action.
The convict, who is now 20 years old and was known to be the most brutal of the attackers, has been taken to an NGO from a correction home in North Delhi amid concerns that there was a threat to his life.
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