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The juvenile offender in the Nirbhaya rape and murder case is set to
walk out of the special home in the next few days, after the Delhi high
court on Friday refused to stay his release citing lack of any legal
provision to intervene.
But the court can remand him to be inside, better than allowing to give free space for a culprit.
A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and
Justice Jayant Nath instead directed the Juvenile Justice Board and
Delhi government to chart out a plan for his "social mainstreaming" once
the JJB interacts and consults him on his post-release rehabilitation.
He is likely to come out of the home on Sunday when he finishes the
three-year term.
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"Jurm jeet gaya, hum haar gaye (Crime has won, we have lost)," said
Nirbhaya's distraught mother, immediately after the judgment.
Late evening, top Delhi government officials said as soon as the JJB
passes its order on Saturday, its legal team will study it and plan a
course of action, ranging from rehabilitation to exploring other options
such as sending him to another reform facility. The government said its
plan filed in court is only one of the options as per the JJ Act. The
final decision lies with the JJB.
The 20-year-old completes
three years of his sentence by the JJB on December 20. Referring to
provisions of the JJ Act, the court said, "The maximum stay that can be
directed in the special home under section 15(1) of the Juvenile Justice
Act is three years and that the convict would be completing that period
by December 20, 2015."
"There cannot be any direction to
continue his stay in the special home beyond December 20. Hence, we
decline to issue any direction as prayed by the petitioner," the bench
observed.
It added, however, that post-release follow up of the juvenile must be undertaken.
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