Juvenile Rapist to Walk Free, Delhi HC Turns Down Swamy’s Plea

Delhi HC turns down Swamy’S plea that said the juvenile convict should not be released till he has been reformed.

BJP Leader Subramanian Swamy. (Photo: The Quint)

Delhi High Court today turned down the plea seeking a stay on the release of the juvenile convict in the Nirbhaya case.

BJP Leader Subramanian Swamy wrote a petition seeking a stop on juvenile’s release. He pleaded that the juvenile convict should not be released till it is demonstrably assured that he has reformed himself and was not a menace to the society.

After hearing brief arguments and perusing the post-release plan which was submitted by the Central government, the court had reserved its verdict on BJP leader Subramanian Swamy’s PIL seeking stay on the juvenile’s release.

Reacting to the judgement, Swamy said;

I welcome the judgement, It is a sophisticated and smart judgement under current laws. We agree with you there is a vacuum in the law which provides for reform but doesn’t tell us what to do if he doesn’t reform. The court agreed that monitoring committee which could evaluate whether the convict is mentally sound.

Subramanian Swamy, Petioner