A vacation bench of the Supreme Court will today hear a petition against the release of the juvenile offender of the Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case. The vacation bench, comprising Justices A K Goel and U U Lalit, will take up the plea filed by Delhi Commission for Women, DCW. The matter was referred to the vacation bench by Chief Justice of India TS Thakur. The convict, who is now 20 years old, was shifted from a correctional centre to an NGO yesterday. <br/><br/>Earlier, Delhi Commission for Women, DCW made a last ditch effort to stop the release by urging Juvenile Justice Board to delay it since the matter is coming up before the Supreme Court. On Saturday night, DCW chairperson moved the Apex Court seeking a stay on the release. However, the apex Court declined to stay the release. In their order pronounced at 2 AM yesterday, the vacation bench posted the matter for hearing today.<br/><br/>Meanwhile, parents of Nirbhaya yesterday protested in the national capital against the juvenile convict's release. Hundreds of sympathisers joined them at Rajpath near India Gate to show solidarity. The victim's mother said she wanted justice for her daughter and said steps should have been taken long before to not set him free. Six persons, including the juvenile, had assaulted and raped Nirbhaya in a moving bus in south Delhi on 16th of December, 2012. <br/><br/>The victim died in a Singapore hospital later. Four of the accused were awarded death penalty by trial court which was later confirmed by Delhi High Court. Their appeals are pending before the Supreme Court. Another accused, Ram Singh, had allegedly committed suicide in Tihar Jail in 2013.