IMRAN ALIAS MURGI CHOR vs STATE NCT OF DELHI

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$~50 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment delivered on: 21.07.2025 + W.P.(CRL) 1955/2025 IMRAN ALIAS MURGI CHOR .....Petitioner Through: Mr.Kirti Aggarwal, Advocate. versus STATE NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Yasir Rauf Ansari - ASC (Criminal), Mr. Alok Sharma, Advocates CORAM: HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA JUDGMENT DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J (ORAL) 1. By way of the present writ petition, the petitioner seeks issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus directing the respondent to release the petitioner on furlough for a period of three weeks. 2. As set out in the petition, and evident from the Nominal Roll on record, the petitioner is presently confined in Central Jail No. 03, Tihar, New Delhi, as he was convicted for commission of offence under Sections 120B/302/392/411 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 [hereafter „IPC‟] and was awarded sentence of rigorous imprisonment for life. The appeal preferred by him against his conviction, i.e. CRL.A. 978/2019, was dismissed by this Court vide judgment dated Signature Not Verified W.P. (CRL) 1955/2025 Page 1 of 6 Digitally Signed By:ZEENAT PRAVEEN Signing Date:22.07.2025 17:45:05 19.02.2025. 3. The learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submits that the petitioner had approached the Competent Authority for grant of furlough for a period of three weeks vide application dated 24.03.2025; however, the same was not decided for a considerable period of time, due to which the petitioner was constrained to file W.P.(CRL) 1463/2025 before this Court, which came to be disposed of vide order dated 05.05.2025 with a direction that the aforesaid application filed by the petitioner be decided within 10 days. It is stated that the petitioner had again preferred another petition i.e. W.P.(C