Vikas @ Vicky @ Ponga v. State (Nct of Delhi)
Case brief
What is this about?
Writ petition allowed; furlough rejection set aside; impugned order dated 05.12.2024 Competent Authority; emergency parole 16.04.2021 extended till 06.04.2023; Section 21 NDPS Act involvement 09.10.2021; stale/alleged involvement not ground to deny furlough; furlough as tool for reformation; nominal roll 10.01.2025; 14 years 06 months 22 days served; 11 furlough spells, timely surrender except one-day delay; first furlough spell three weeks; FIR No.384/2009 PS Sultanpuri; Section 302/394/34 IPC; 25 Arms Act; personal bond Rs.10,000/- with one surety; confinement to residential area; mobile phone switched on; written surrender-date intimation; W.P.(CRL) 4048/2024; Justice Girish Kathpalia; High Court of Delhi; decision date 14.07.2025.
What did the court decide?
Release forthwith on the first spell of furlough for a period of 03 weeks in case FIR No.384/2009 of PS Sultanpuri for offence under Section 302/394/34 IPC, subject to the petitioner furnishing a personal bond of Rs.10,000/- with one surety in the like amount to the satisfaction of the concerned Jail Superintendent; the petitioner shall remain confined to his residential area during the period of furlough and keep his mobile phone switched on so as to remain accessible; the Jail Superintendent shall inform him in writing of the specific surrender date; copy of the order to be sent to the Jail Superintendent for compliance.