VARITA SONI vs STATE OF NCT OF DELHI

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 27.02.2026 Judgment pronounced on: 27.03.2026 Judgment uploaded on: 28.03.2026 + W.P.(CRL) 2829/2025, CRL.M.A. 30049/2025, CRL.M.A. 38732/2025 &CRL.M.A. 2042/2026 VARITA SONI .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Sarthak Maggon, Advocate. versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Rahul Tyagi, ASC (Crl) for State with Mr. Sangeet Sibou, Advocate. + W.P.(CRL) 343/2026 VARITA SONI .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Sarthak Maggon, Advocate. versus STATE ( NCT OF DELHI) .....Respondent Through: Mr. Rahul Tyagi, ASC (Crl) for State with Mr. Sangeet Sibou, Advocate. CORAM: HON’BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA JUDGMENT W.P.(CRL.) 2829/2025 along with connected matters Page 1 of 15 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:ZEENAT PRAVEEN Signing Date:28.03.2026 17:45:58 DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J 1. By way of the captioned petitions – W.P. (Crl.) 2829/2025 and W.P. (Crl.) 343/2026 – the petitioner seeks grant of the first spell of furlough and grant of parole for a period of eight weeks, respectively, primarily on the ground that the petitioner‟s presence is required for the care and support of her children, as well as her aged mother, who is presently facing health-related difficulties. 2. The brief facts of the case are that the petitioner is presently lodged in Central Jail No. 6, Tihar, New Delhi, undergoing a sentence of life imprisonment in connection with FIR No. 80/2007, registered at Police Station Dabri, Delhi in respect of which she was convicted for offence under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 [hereafter ‘IPC’] by the learned Trial Court. Her conviction was upheld by this Court in CRL.A. 928/2011 vide judgment dated 15.01.2013, and the Special Leave Petition (SLP) preferred by he