JASWINDER SINGH vs STATE OF NCT OF DELHI

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$~2 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 23.04.2026 + W.P.(CRL) 23/2026 JASWINDER SINGH .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Sumer Singh Boparai and Mr. Abhilash Kr. Pathak, Advocates. versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Abhijeet Kumar, Advocate with W/SI Radha, PS Uttam Nagar and SI Satish Kumar, PS Raj Park. CORAM: JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA J U D G M E N T (ORAL) 1. Petitioner seeks quashing of order no. F.18/90/2025/HG/PRISONS/ 3735 dated 05.12.2025 and seeks parole for a period of two months in case FIR No. 703/2019 of PS Raj Park for offence under Section 5(m)(n)(p) and Section 6 of POCSO Act. 2. Broadly speaking, the petitioner, having suffered incarceration for the past six years out of the total period of twenty years of rigorous imprisonment awarded to him, applied for parole on the ground that he has to file Special Leave Petition (SLP) against upholding of his conviction and W.P.(CRL) 23/2026 Page 1 of 4 pages GIRISH Digitally signed by GIRISH KATHPALIA DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF DELHI, 2.5.4.20=8401dd889b27a77b2f65ffffe4afec45569af3 962c6fb4835d435f97626cacca, ou=HIGH COURT OF DELHI,CID - 7047638, postalCode=110003, st=Delhi, KATHPALIA serialNumber=d3e86796451ec45c07b5d15570996b4 Signature Not Verified 0f80cbd2eee60402c487965ff801e26fa, cn=GIRISH KATHPALIA Date: 2026.04.22 17:25:55 -07'00' Digitally Signed By:RAHUL YADAV Signing Date:23.04.2026 17:31:23 sentence. The competent authority rejected the parole request by way of the impugned order on the ground that being a POCSO convict, the petitioner cannot be granted parole in view of Rule 1211(VII) of the Delhi Prison Rules. 3. Learned counsel for petitioner submits that the provision under Rule 1211(VII) of the Delhi Prison Rules has to be read in the light of Rule 1208(