India, Feb. 4 -- The Delhi high court has ordered the immediate release of Harpreet Singh, a former member of the elite President's Bodyguard, serving a life sentence for the gang rape of a 17-year-old Delhi University student at Buddha Jayanti Park in 2003, saying he had transformed from a prisoner to a reformed individual.

Harpreet Singh was convicted along with Satender Singh, Kuldeep Singh, and Munesh Kumar in 2009 for the gang rape. The 17-year-old Delhi University student was raped at Buddha Jayanti Park behind Rashtrapati Bhavan in October 2003 when she had gone there to attend a programme by the Dalai Lama. The high court in August 2012 upheld Harpreet Singh's life imprisonment.

In a January 30 order, a bench of justice Neena Ba...