$~10 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(CRL) 3285/2025, CRL.M.A. 29842/2025 BALRAJ ALIAS LADDI .....Petitioner Through: Ms. Anandita Rana, Ms. Vrinda Bhandari, Advs. versus STATE NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Sanjay Lao, Standing Counsel (Crl.) for State with SI Ankur, PS Tilak Nagar. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJEEV NARULA O R D E R % 15.10.2025 1. The Petitioner is serving life sentence in FIR No.261/2004 under Sections 302/307/365/387/120-B/34 of IPC registered at P.S. Shalimar Bagh. 2. The Petitioner’s request seeking parole for a period of four weeks is presently under consideration before the Home Department, NCT of Delhi. The grounds cited for seeking parole are the urgent need to undertake repairs to his house and to attend to his ailing mother. 3. By order dated 8th October, 2025, this Court had directed the State to obtain instructions and inform the Court regarding the status of the Petitioner’s pending parole application. 4. Counsel for the Petitioner submits that no decision has been taken by the competent authority till date. In view of the same, this Court finds it appropriate to consider the request for parole on merits. 5. As per Nominal Roll, the Petitioner has been in custody for 20 years 03 months and 17 days along with an earned remission of 1 year, 9 months, This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 16/10/2025 at 14:32:51 and 15 days. His conduct in jail over the past one year has been reported as satisfactory. The Nominal Roll further indicates that the Petitioner has previously been released furlough. 6. The status report filed by the State confirms that the house the Petitioner intends to repair is in a dilapidated condition and requires time- bound restoration. 7. Considering the Petitioner’s period of custody undergone, the satisfactory conduct of the Petitioner during the preceding year, and the urgency of the cited reasons, the request for parole is allowed. Accordingly, the Petitioner is directed to be released on parole for a period of four weeks, from the date of his release, on his furnishing a personal bond in the sum of INR 10,000/- with one surety in the like amount to the satisfaction of the concerned Jail Superintendent, subject to the following conditions: (i) The Petitioner shall report to the concerned SHO(s) once a week on every Monday during the period of parole. (ii) The Petitioner shall furnish his telephone number to the SHO(s) concerned, which the Petitioner will keep operational at all times. (iii) The Petitioner shall surrender before the Jail Authorities at the expiry of the period of parole. 8. The petition is disposed of in the above terms. 9. A copy of the order be communicated to the concerned Jail Superintendent for information and necessary compliance. SANJEEV NARULA, J OCTOBER 15, 2025/ck This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 16/10/2025 at 14:32:51