Narender Singh Rawat Vs State (Nct of Delhi) — Murder and Culpable Homicide | Delhi HC (2025)

Narender Singh Rawat Vs State (Nct of Delhi) — Murder and Culpable Homicide | Delhi HC (2025)

What the court decided

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Outcome

No substantive relief; conditional direction that if the Petitioner is found eligible under applicable premature-release policies, his case be forwarded to the Sentence Review Board (SRB) for consideration; merits expressly not addressed and rights/contentions left open.

Issue for consideration

Whether the Respondent and/or the Sentence Review Board, GNCTD should be directed (via mandamus) to consider the Petitioner's case and grant premature release as per the prevalent policies, given his 14+ years of custody and claimed good conduct.

Court's answer

Given the limited prayer, the petition is disposed of with the direction that, if the Petitioner is found eligible under the applicable policies on premature release, his case be forwarded to the SRB for consideration in accordance with law.

Ratio / Principle

If found eligible, the Petitioner's case shall be forwarded to the SRB for consideration, in accordance with law.

Key takeaways

All rights and contentions of the parties are left open; the Court expressly did not comment on the merits of the premature-release claim.ratio¶12
A copy of the order is to be sent to the concerned Jail Superintendent for necessary information and compliance (ancillary administrative direction).obiter¶14

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Delhi High Court (Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sanjeev Narula), Order dated 17.07.2025 in W.P.(CRL) 2185/2025: Narender Singh Rawat, a convict serving a life sentence in FIR No. 678/2009 (Section 302, Indian Penal Code, 1860, P.S. Shakarpur) and in custody for over 14 years with claimed good conduct, sought a mandamus directing the State (NCT of Delhi) and/or the Sentence Review Board, GNCTD ('SRB') to consider his case and grant premature release per prevalent policies. In view of the limited prayer, the Court disposed of the petition, directing that if the Petitioner is found eligible under the applicable policies on premature release, his case be forwarded to the SRB for consideration in accordance with law. All rights and contentions were left open, with an express clarification that the Court did not comment on the merits. A copy of the order was directed to be sent to the concerned Jail Superintendent.

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

- W.P.(CRL) 2185/2025

NARENDER SINGH RAWAT .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Siddharth Yadav and Mr. Anmol Kumar Pandey, Advocates.

versus STATE (NCT OF DELHI) .....Respondent Through: Mr. Yasir Rauf Ansari, ASC with Mr. Mohit Raj Nagar and Mr. Alok Sharma, Advocates. SI Upendra Pandey, PS: Laxmi Nagar.

CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJEEV NARULA O R D E R % 17.07.2025

The Petitioner is a convict serving a life sentence in terms of FIR No. 678/2009, registered under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, at P.S. Shakarpur. Through the present petition, he submits that he has been in custody for over 14 years, during which time he has maintained good conduct. As such, he seeks a mandamus directing the Respondent and/or the Sentence Review Board, GNCTD¹ to consider his case and grant him premature release as per the prevalent policies.

In light of the limited prayer sought in the present petition, the same is disposed of with the direction that, in case the Petitioner is found to be eligible as per the applicable policies on premature release, his case be

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forwarded to the SRB for consideration, in accordance with law.

All rights and contentions of the parties are left open. It is clarified that the Court has not commented on the merits of the case.

Disposed of.

Copy of the order be sent to the concerned Jail Superintendent, for necessary information and compliance.

SANJEEV NARULA, J

JULY 17, 2025 d.negi

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