Rohit @Mona Vs State (Nct of Delhi) — Delhi HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

Rohit @Mona Vs State (Nct of Delhi) — Delhi HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Competent authority directed to treat the petition as a fresh parole application and decide it within three weeks, failing which the petitioner may seek relief directly from this Court; petitioner's furlough entitlement, if any, clarified not to be an impediment to grant of parole; pending application disposed of as infructuous; copy of order and petition to be sent to the concerned Jail Superintendent for compliance.

Issue for consideration

Whether the petitioner's parole application, rejected on the ground that a one-month gap must be maintained between completion of furlough and application for parole, should be reconsidered. +1 more

Court's answer

With consent of both sides, the petition is disposed of directing the competent authority to treat the petition as a fresh application of the petitioner for grant of parole.

Ratio / Principle

The fresh parole application shall be decided within three weeks, failing which the petitioner shall be at liberty to seek relief directly from this Court.

Key takeaways

At the request of learned counsel for the petitioner, not opposed by learned ASC, the petitioner's entitlement, if any, to furlough shall not be treated as an impediment to grant of parole.ratio¶18

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Delhi High Court (Girish Kathpalia J., oral order dated 25.04.2026) disposed of W.P.(CRL) 616/2026 in which petitioner Rohit @Mona, a convict, challenged rejection of his parole application on the stated ground that a one-month gap must be maintained between completion of furlough availed and application for parole. With consent of both sides, the Court directed the competent authority to treat the petition as a fresh parole application, to be decided within three weeks, failing which the petitioner may seek relief directly from the Court. At the petitioner's counsel's request, unopposed by the ASC, it was made clear that the petitioner's entitlement, if any, to furlough shall not be treated as an impediment to grant of parole. The pending application (CRL.M.A. 9161/2026) was disposed of as infructuous, and a copy of the order and petition was directed to be sent to the concerned Jail Superintendent for compliance. No statute or precedent was cited in the order.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

% Date of Decision: 25.04.2026

- W.P.(CRL) 616/2026 & CRL.M.A. 9161/2026

ROHIT @MONA .....Petitioner

Through: Mr. Anmol Kumar Pandey, Advocate ( through video conferencing ) and Mr. Siddharth Yadav, Advocates.

versus

STATE (NCT OF DELHI) .....Respondent

Through: Mr. Sanjeev Bhandari, ASC with Mr. Arjit Sharma and Ms. Sakshi Jha, Advocates with SI Arun Kumar.

CORAM: JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA

J U D G M E N T (ORAL)

Petitioner has challenged rejection of his parole application. The parole application was rejected on the ground that one month gap has to be maintained between the completion of furlough availed and application for parole. Learned ASC submits that in any case now, more than one month has passed after completion of the furlough availed by the petitioner, so now he can be considered for parole.

After some discussion, with consent of both sides, the petition is disposed of directing the competent authority to treat this petition as fresh

W.P.(CRL) 616/2026 Page 1 of 2 pages

Digitally signed by GIRISH KATHPALIA DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF DELHI, 2.5.4.20=8401dd889b27a77b2f65ffffe4afec45 GIRISH 569af3962c6fb4835d435f97626cacca, ou=HIGH COURT OF DELHI,CID - 7047638, postalCode=110003, st=Delhi, serialNumber=d3e86796451ec45c07b5d1557 KATHPALIA 0996b40f80cbd2eee60402c487965ff801e26fa, cn=GIRISH KATHPALIA Date: 2026.04.25 05:10:11 -07'00'

Signature Not Verified

Digitally Signed By:RAHUL YADAV Signing Da te:2 5.04.2026 17:14:12

application of the petitioner for grant of parole, which shall be decided within three weeks, otherwise, the petitioner shall be at liberty to seek relief directly from this court. At request of learned counsel for petitioner, not opposed by learned ASC, it is made clear that the entitlement of the petitioner, if any, for furlough shall not be treated as an impediment to grant parole.

Pending application stands disposed of as infructuous.

Copy of this order and the petition be sent to the concerned Jail Superintendent for compliance.

Digitally signed by GIRISH KATHPALIA DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF DELHI, 2.5.4.20=8401dd889b27a77b2f65ffffe4afec455 GIRISH 69af3962c6fb4835d435f97626cacca, ou=HIGH COURT OF DELHI,CID - 7047638, postalCode=110003, st=Delhi, serialNumber=d3e86796451ec45c07b5d15570 KATHPALIA 996b40f80cbd2eee60402c487965ff801e26fa, cn=GIRISH KATHPALIA Date: 2026.04.25 05:09:56 -07'00'

GIRISH KATHPALIA (JUDGE)

APRIL 25, 2026/ ry

W.P.(CRL) 616/2026

Page 2 of 2 pages

Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:RAHUL YADAV Signing Da te:2 5.04.2026 17:14:12