<p>People lit candles and held solidarity marches in remembrance of the horrific Dec 16 Delhi gang-rape that shook the nation, as the victim's parents demanded the juvenile convicted in the crime be given the strictest punishment.<br /><br /></p>.<p>At Munirka bus stand in south Delhi, where the 23-year-old physiotherapist trainee boarded the ill-fated bus along with her male friend a year ago, people gathered from the morning to light candles in memorium.<br /><br />Groups of people, among them many students, came to the south Delhi bus stand to light candles.<br /><br />The young woman, who was raped by five men and a juvenile in a moving private bus Dec 16 last year, died of her injuries nearly a fortnight after the assault. Her juvenile attacker, who is reported to have been the most brutal of the rapists, has been kept in a juvenile remand home.<br /><br />The parents of the victim are holding a prayer meeting at the Constitution Club, seeking peace for their daughter's soul.<br /><br />"People who are unable to attend this prayer session are requested to pray wherever they are, so that god gives peace to my daughter," the father said.<br /><br />In August, the Juvenile Justice Board, which tried the juvenile accused, sent the perpetrator to confinement for three years at a reformatory home, the maximum punishment under the law governing minors. <br /><br />The eight months he has spent in custody while under trial are to be deducted from the sentence.<br /><br />The parents of the victim maintain that the juvenile, who at the time of the crime was only a few months short of turning 18 years old, would escape punishment by being kept in a reformatory home.<br /><br />Activist groups, like the Citizen Artists Group, have organised a daylong protest at Jantar Mantar, which would see singers and poets participating.</p>
<p>People lit candles and held solidarity marches in remembrance of the horrific Dec 16 Delhi gang-rape that shook the nation, as the victim's parents demanded the juvenile convicted in the crime be given the strictest punishment.<br /><br /></p>.<p>At Munirka bus stand in south Delhi, where the 23-year-old physiotherapist trainee boarded the ill-fated bus along with her male friend a year ago, people gathered from the morning to light candles in memorium.<br /><br />Groups of people, among them many students, came to the south Delhi bus stand to light candles.<br /><br />The young woman, who was raped by five men and a juvenile in a moving private bus Dec 16 last year, died of her injuries nearly a fortnight after the assault. Her juvenile attacker, who is reported to have been the most brutal of the rapists, has been kept in a juvenile remand home.<br /><br />The parents of the victim are holding a prayer meeting at the Constitution Club, seeking peace for their daughter's soul.<br /><br />"People who are unable to attend this prayer session are requested to pray wherever they are, so that god gives peace to my daughter," the father said.<br /><br />In August, the Juvenile Justice Board, which tried the juvenile accused, sent the perpetrator to confinement for three years at a reformatory home, the maximum punishment under the law governing minors. <br /><br />The eight months he has spent in custody while under trial are to be deducted from the sentence.<br /><br />The parents of the victim maintain that the juvenile, who at the time of the crime was only a few months short of turning 18 years old, would escape punishment by being kept in a reformatory home.<br /><br />Activist groups, like the Citizen Artists Group, have organised a daylong protest at Jantar Mantar, which would see singers and poets participating.</p>