A policeman detains a demonstrator during a protest against the release of a juvenile rape convict, in New Delhi, India, December 20, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS
Indian girls aged two and five ‘gang-raped’ in New Delhi: police
"The Supreme Court has dismissed our plea in the absence of any specific legislation. He cannot be detained any further," said Swati Maliwal, the chairwoman of the Delhi Commission for Women which filed the petition.
"We asked for an interim order restraining his release but the court did not entertain this," she told reporters.
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