The youth, now 20-years-old, was convicted of brutally assaulting and raping a 23-year-old medical student in a moving bus in Delhi on December 16, 2012, along with five others.
The girl succumbed to her injuries in a Singapore hospital on December 29, 2012.
Residents of the convict's native village in Badaun district maintained that the youth, who did such a heinous crime, had no place in the village.
He claimed that after the infamous episode, the village youth studying outside were also looked at contemptuously and are usually denied employment.
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As a result of which, employment is increasing in the village, he said.
In a stark contrast, the poverty-struck family members of the youth are eagerly waiting for his return.
The family members said that the youth should be given a chance to repent and start a new life after returning to the village.
She said that her husband was mentally challenged and her two daughters worked as labourers to support the family, therefore she needed her son to come back.
Haji Tauseef Raza and few other village residents also seconded her opinion.
They said that the youth, having served his sentence, had learnt a big lesson and should be allowed to start afresh.
Raza said people of the village would fully support him.
Meanwhile, the youth's release was widely criticised by the parents of the victim and various other bodies, saying he must be kept in observation home until his reformation was ascertained.