Case brief
What is this about?
W.P.(CRL) 4260/2025 | Faisal (s/o Shakeel) v. State of NCT of Delhi | High Court of Delhi | decided 24.03.2026 by Anup Jairam Bhambhani, J. | petition allowed; parole for 04 weeks granted to a convict under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 | parole application rejected on 09.01.2026 citing Rule 1221(vii) of the Delhi Prison Rules, 2018 | earlier directions dated 24.11.2025 in W.P.(CRL) 3876/2025 | petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India read with section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 | conditions: personal bond Rs.15,000/- with two family sureties, residence in District Bijnor (U.P.), weekly reporting before S.H.O., P.S. Himpur Deepa, active mobile number with S.H.O., P.S. Keshav Puram, passport surrender, surrender on expiry.
What did the court decide?
Parole for 04 weeks granted to the petitioner (Faisal s/o Shakeel), subject to conditions: personal bond of Rs.15,000/- with 02 sureties in the like amount from family members to the satisfaction of the Jail Superintendent; not to leave District Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh without prior permission of the court and to ordinarily reside at his permanent residential address per prison records (except travel to/from prison in Delhi); weekly presence before the S.H.O., P.S. Himpur Deepa, District Bijnor every Wednesday between 11 am and 11:30 am (not kept waiting longer than an hour); cellphone number to be furnished to the S.H.O., P.S. Keshav Puram and kept active and switched-on at all times; surrender of passport, if any, to the Jail Superintendent; no unlawful acts or omissions prejudicing pending proceedings; surrender before the Jail Superintendent upon expiry of parole. Copy of the order to be sent to the Jail Superintendent forthwith; pending applications, if any, disposed of.