PUNIT @ RAJU vs STATE NCT OF DELHI

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$~102 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 16.02.2026 + W.P.(CRL) 543/2026 & CRL.M.A. 5126/2026 PUNIT @ RAJU .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Shannu Baghel, Advocate (through videoconferencing). versus STATE NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Ashvini Kumar and Mr. Anshul Sharma, Advocates with SI Ashwani Kumar, PS Adarsh Nagar. CORAM: JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA J U D G M E N T (ORAL) 1. The petitioner seeks mandamus to the respondent to permit first spell of furlough, which has already been granted vide order dated 24.12.2025, so that petitioner may perform last rites of his mother and attend tervi on 20.02.2026. 2. After part arguments, at request of both sides, this petition is disposed of with the direction that the petitioner shall be taken in custody of an appropriate number of guards to Garh Ganga, Bulandshahr (as requested by petitioner) for immersion of ashes of his mother on 18.02.2026; and after W.P.(CRL) 543/2026 Page 1 of 2 pages GIRISH Digitally signed by GIRISH KATHPALIA DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF DELHI, 2.5.4.20=8401dd889b27a77b2f65ffffe4afec45569af3962c6fb4835d 435f97626cacca, ou=HIGH COURT OF DELHI,CID - 7047638, KATHPALIA postalCode=110003, st=Delhi, Signature Not Verified serialNumber=d3e86796451ec45c07b5d15570996b40f80cbd2eee 60402c487965ff801e26fa, cn=GIRISH KATHPALIA Date: 2026.02.16 17:34:26 -08'00' Digitally Signed By:NEETU N NAIR Signing Date:16.02.2026 17:57:51 immersion of ashes, the petitioner shall be immediately brought back to the jail; and during the travel from Delhi to Garh Ganga, the petitioner shall be taken in a jail van with guards and with no relative or friend in the same van. 3. Copy of this order be sent to the Jail Superintendent concerned immediately. Pending application also stands disposed of. Digita