Indian citizens are demanding a change to the country's juvenile crime laws after one of the perpetrators of a gang rape in 2012 was released from custody.
The release of the man, 17 years old at the time of the rape, has sparked a debate around whether Indian laws are punitive enough when it comes to penalising juvenile criminals.
Will Mumford reports.
The 2012 gang rape and subsequent death of Indian woman Jyoti Singh rocked India to its core.
Many Indians saw it as a brutal microcosm of the nation's failure to protect women from violence.
One of the six perpetrators of that crime, which happened on a Delhi bus at night, was released from prison on the weekend.
And protesters have taken to the streets of New Delhi, demanding what they call justice for the victim.
"We want justice, we want justice, we want justice, we want justice ..."
The man, who cannot be named, was 17 at the time of the crime and therefore could not be tried as an adult, meaning the maximum penalty he could face was three years in prison.
The victim's mother, Asha Devi, says while amendments to the juvenile laws would not affect her daughter's case, it would help prosecute and punish violent crime in the future.
(Translated)"Although we could not benefit from the juvenile law, it will benefit others. This is why I will continue to fight for it."
The Delhi High Court has heard a petition requesting a longer sentence for the man.
But it cannot change his original sentence because of provisions in the Juvenile Justice Act preventing detention beyond three years.
The lawyer representing the petitioners, Sunil Madhok, says the court has no choice in the matter.
"As far as a juvenile is concerned, one (option) is detention, and the other is rehabilitation. As far as detention is concerned, the court is constrained, because there is no clear legislative sanction. In the absence of that, the juvenile cannot be detained."
Descriptions of the perpetrators' savagery and brutality shocked the world three years ago.
But many in India believe it has not caused any substantial shift in the treatment of, and attitudes towards, women.
The chairwoman of India's National Commission for Women, Lalitha Kumaramangalam, says blaming the victim is still too prevalent in Indian society.
"It's not merely the justice system that is at fault, or is not able to cope yet with the increasing crime rate. It's also the fact that our mindset has not yet changed. It's started to change. But even now, questions are asked of girls, and the onus is still put on women, even the onus of shame."
While many victims advocates and protesters have demanded the juvenile perpetrator remain in prison, others have reiterated the need for the authority of the law.
Human-rights activist Kavita Srivastava says, while she supports the protesters' fight for justice, she believes in a second chance for the criminal.
(Translated) "It is my appeal to the victims' parents that we are together in their fight towards justice, but we are not above the law. The boy should be given another chance, based on what the law says.
