--- description: The youngest convict in the gruesome 2012 gang-rape and murder of a young medical student in New Delhi will be released on Sunday title: Youngest Delhi Gang Rape Convict to Be Freed image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # The Youngest Convict in India's 2012 Delhi Gang Rape Is to Walk Free, a Court Says by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 18, 2015 9:47 AM CUT by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 18, 2015 9:47 AM CUT A court ruled on Friday that the youngest convict in the gruesome 2012 gang rape and murder of a young medical student in India’s capital New Delhi should [be released](http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/delhi-gang-rape-case-will-juvenile-be-released-court-to-decide-today-1256435 "undefined"). He will be permitted to leave the special facility where he is being held on Sunday. The Delhi High Court said the juvenile convict could not be detained beyond Dec. 20 by law, local broadcaster NDTV reported. He was sentenced to three years in prison, a term that many say is disproportionately lenient given the crime. The brutal rape of 23-year-old Jyoti Singh by six men in December 2012, including the man to be released who was a few months shy of 18 at the time, [shook the South Asian nation](http://world.time.com/2012/12/19/brutal-delhi-gangrape-outrages-indians-spurs-calls-for-action/ "undefined"), garnered global headlines, and put sexual violence in India under intense focus. \[[_NDTV_](http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/delhi-gang-rape-case-will-juvenile-be-released-court-to-decide-today-1256435 "undefined")\] | | | | ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4154567/delhi-gang-rape-2012-convict-release-free/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4154567/delhi-gang-rape-2012-convict-release-free/"},"headline":"The Youngest Convict in India's 2012 Delhi Gang Rape Is to Walk Free, a Court Says","datePublished":"2015-12-18T09:47:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T13:29:13.428Z","description":"He was 17 when he and five others raped and murdered a 23-year-old medical student in the Indian capital","url":"https://time.com/4154567/delhi-gang-rape-2012-convict-release-free/","keywords":["Rape","India","Delhi","free","2012"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rishi Iyengar","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4154567/delhi-gang-rape-2012-convict-release-free/","name":"The Youngest Convict in India's 2012 Delhi Gang Rape Is to Walk Free, a Court Says"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"The Delhi Gang Rape: TIME Talks to Suspect's Family","description":"TIME correspondent Krista Mahr visits Delhi gang rape suspect Ram Singh's village to examine the social and economic causes behind the increase in gender-based crime in Delhi.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/VmM8gABA/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2013-03-14T20:17:49.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/VmM8gABA.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4154567/delhi-gang-rape-2012-convict-release-free/","duration":"PT6M53S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4154567/delhi-gang-rape-2012-convict-release-free/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```