metropolitan magistrate bs upadhyay pronounced the verdict after the defence counsel pleaded that the boy was pursuing his studies and hence should be allowed to stay with his parents i want to join the army and serve the nationhe says he is looking for a bride for raman it is irresistible when you are surrounded by 34000 books for hours togetherhe says during these few visits the teenager claims to have developed a liking for books he spends three hours at the sabarmati ashram every week the incident occurred in march 2001 when the boy then 16 raped a minor girl staying in the neighbourhood no punishment is prescribed in the penal code for crimes committed by juveniles but the court is free to suggest moves to reform the delinquent authorities at gandhi ashram too find the boy well behaved durgesh trivedi who is associated with the ashrams library says he is normally asked to number the books and stamp them now over five decades after his death a landmark judgement by a local court has fallen back on mahatma gandhi to reform a youth convicted of rape an ahmedabad metropolitan court had recently ruled that raman name changedwho as a minor had raped a minor girl three years ago should clean ahmedabads sabarmati ashram library every sunday as an act of penancei this apostle of nonviolence showed the world the path to peace raman too is all praise for the ashram authorities according to trivedi raman has developed an interest for books i was reluctant on my first visit while raman parries all questions about the incident any inquiry about his ncc camp or karate classes brightens him find tremendous peace of mind in the ashramclaims raman now 19 since the judgement was pronounced on june 9 raman has visited the ashram nine times i go there from 3 pm to 6 pm i read satya na prayogo my experiments with truth gandhijis autobiography in the librarysays raman who is a first year arts student at a known city college meanwhile ramans father is not taking chances the public prosecutor had argued that the crime was of a serious nature and that raman should be sent to the juvenile observation home they treat me well but the sensitivity with which i was treated gave me immense confidencesays raman who now goes to the ashram alone i worked in the library while my father sat in the gardenraman says initially ramans father a police constable used to accompany him to the ashram ahmedabad last week raman even sought permission from authorities at the ncc camp for his weekly visit to the ashrami will finish my c certificate in the nccsays raman who also cleared his green belt exams in the martial art