# SAGIR vs STATE (GOVT. NCT OF DELHI) & ANR.

Court: Delhi High Court
Date: 2025-04-09
Citation: W.P.(CRL)-1020/2025 2025:DHC:2485
Petitioner: SAGIR
Respondent: STATE (GOVT. NCT OF DELHI) & ANR.

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## Judgment text (excerpt)

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 09.04.2025 W.P.(CRL) 1020/2025 & CRL.M.A. 9694/2025 SAGIR .....Petitioner Through: Ms. Gunjan Sinha Jain, Advocate versus STATE (GOVT. NCT OF DELHI) & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Amol Sinha, ASC for the State with Insp. Dharmender Kumar and SI H.R. Choudhary, PS Gandhi Nagar CORAM: JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA J U D G M E N T (ORAL) 1. Petitioner has assailed order dated 19.02.2025 of the competent authority from Delhi Prisons, whereby his application for furlough was rejected on the ground that on an earlier occasion, he did not surrender in time. I have heard learned counsel for petitioner and learned ASC, who took me through records. 2. The petitioner, having suffered incarceration for more than twenty years consequent upon conviction for offences under Section 366/376/302/377/511 IPC seeks to be released on first spell of furlough for a period of three weeks. The furlough application of the petitioner was W.P.(CRL) 1020/2025 pages GIRISH 3. On the other hand, the petitioner has not denied having surrendered belatedly on the earlier occasion. The petitioner has explained that the writ petition was not dismissed but wit

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