ASIF @ NAEEM vs STATE (GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI)

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI W.P.(CRL) 4309/2025, CRL.M.A. 38794/2025, CRL.M.A. 38795/2025, CRL.M.A. 1110/2026 & CRL.M.A. 1111/2026 Reserved on: 21st January, 2026 Pronounced on: 17th February, 2026 Uploaded on: 17th February, 2026 ASIF @ NAEEM .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Sarthak Maggon, Advocate. versus STATE (GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI) .....Respondent Through: Mr. Amit Tiwari, CGSC with Ms. Ayushi Srivastava, Mr. Ayush Tanwar, Mr. Kushagra Malik & Mr. Arpan Narwal, Advocates for UOI. Ms. Kamakshi Sehgal, Advocate for Union of India. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJEEV NARULA JUDGMENT SANJEEV NARULA, J.: 1. This petition, under Article 226 of the Constitution, assails the decision of the Sentence Review Board (“SRB”) recorded in the minutes of its meeting dated 30th July, 2025, declining the Petitioner’s request for premature release. The Petitioner also challenges the consequential approval/communication issued on behalf of the Government of NCT of Delhi founded on those minutes. 2. The Petitioner is a Bangladesh national. He stands convicted in FIR No. 284/2004, at P.S. Mansarovar Park, Delhi. By judgment dated 25th 3. In appeal, the Division Bench, by judgment dated 19