PRAVEEN RANA vs STATE OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR.

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$~58 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 23.05.2025 + W.P.(CRL) 1741/2025 & CRL.M.A. 16226/2025 PRAVEEN RANA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Mohit Chaurasia, Advocate (DHCLSC) and Ms. Aashima Kalra, Advocate versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Sanjeev Bhandari, ASC for the State with SI Dipesh Malik, PS SP Badli CORAM: JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA JUDGMENT (ORAL) 1. The petitioner has challenged order dated 30.04.2025 of the competent authority whereby his request for furlough for a period of three weeks was rejected. 2. Learned ASC accepts notice and in all fairness submits that there is no serious objection. 3. The request for furlough was declined by way of the impugned order on the ground that the petitioner has not maintained good conduct inside the jail and was awarded multiple punishments, the last punishment dated 17.01.2025 being for surrender after parole by a delay of one day. W.P.(CRL) 1741/2025 Page 1 of 3 pages GIRISH KATHPALIA Digitally signed by GIRISH KATHPALIA Date: 2025.05.23 17:18:37 +05'30' Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:NEETU N NAIR Signing Date:23.05.2025 17:52:49 4. Perusal of nominal rolls reflects that jail conduct of the petitioner during past one year has been satisfactory except punishment dated 25.01.2025 of warning on account of one day delayed surrender. There is no other punishment in past one year. Prior to that, punishment of stoppage of canteen and calling facilities for one month was imposed on the petitioner vide order dated 13.07.2023 for recovery of loose tobacco from the petitioner. 5. It is noticed that in the nominal rolls, even punishment dated 29.10.2022 has been mentioned, despite the fact that the same was not approved by the District & Sessions Judge. Apparently,