DHARMENDER KUMAR TANDON vs STATE OF NCT OF DELHI

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$~70 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 08.05.2025 + W.P.(CRL) 1537/2025 & CRL.M.A. 14303/2025 DHARMENDER KUMAR TANDON …..Petitioner Through: Ms. Gunjan Sinha Jain, DHCLSC. versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI …..Respondent Through: Mr. Rahul Tyagi, ASC for State. CORAM: JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA JUDGMENT (ORAL) 1. The petitioner has assailed order dated 21.04.2025 of the competent authority, whereby his request for being released on parole was rejected; and the petitioner also seeks relief of parole for two months in order to re- establish social ties, so as to re-integrate himself into the society. 2. Learned ASC accepts notice and strongly opposes the petition. It is submitted by learned ASC that the parole was correctly denied because last time when the petitioner was released on parole (as per learned counsel for petitioner, it was furlough), he created law and order problem in his native village and if again released on parole, he would again disturb the villagers. In this regard, learned ASC has produced before me a report dated W.P.(CRL) 1537/2025 Page 1 of 3 pages GIRISH KATHPALIA Digitally signed by GIRISH KATHPALIA Date: 2025.05.08 18:05:01 +05'30' Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:RAHUL YADAV Signing Date:08.05.2025 19:10:15 28.02.2025 received from the Superintendent of Police, Mungeli, Chhattisgarh (copy supplied), which is accepted across the board to be scanned and made part of the record. Learned ASC also refers to a judgment of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case titled Asfaq vs State of Rajasthan, [(2017) 15 SCC 55] and contends that not every case of parole has to be allowed and the court has to strike a balance between reformatory approach and peace of the society. 3. In the judgment cited by learned ASC, the Hon’ble Sup