HARPREET SINGH vs STATE (GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI)

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Reserved on: 22nd July, 2025 Pronounced on: 30th January, 2026 + W.P. (CRL.) 463/2025 HARPREET SINGH S/o Sh. Amrik Singh, Residing at VPO Padri Kalan, P.O. Chabhel, District-Taran Taaran, Punjab .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Sumer Singh Boparai, Mr. Sirhaan Seth, Mr. Surya Pratap Singh, Mr. Abhilash Kumar Pathak and Mr. Piyush Kumar, Advocate. versus STATE (GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI) Through Home Secretary Delhi Secretariat, Sachivalaya Road, Indoor Stadium, Delhi-110001 .....Respondent Through: Mr. Amol Sinha, ASC with Mr. Kshitiz Garg, Mr. Ashvini Kumar and Mr. Nitish Dhawan, Advs. And SI Manoj Kumar, PS: Chanakyapuri CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA JUDGMENT 1. This timeless couplet by Mir Hasan serves as a poignant reminder that the passage of time is relentless and that moments once lost, do not return. In the realm of criminal justice, this truth acquires profound significance, because prolonged incarceration without a meaningful reassessment of reform, turns punishment into retribution. For the Petitioner, the time became static since 2003 when he, a Guard in the President House, was put in jail for most heinous and depra