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$~75 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(CRL) 996/2025
AMIT KUMAR .....Petitioner
Through: Mr. Ujwal Ghai, Adv.
versus
STATE(GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI) & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Sanjay Lao, Standing Counsel with Mr. Abhinav Kumar Arya and Mr. Aryan Sachdeva, Advs.
CORAM:
HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE SHALINDER KAUR
O R D E R %
17.04.2025
CRL.M.A. 11646/2025
1. Allowed, subject to all just exceptions.
2. Application stands disposed of.
CRL.M.A. 11645/2025
3. The present application under Section 482 read with Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 has been filed on behalf of the petitioner seeking extension of furlough for a further period of 4 weeks, as granted to the petitioner by this Court vide Orders dated 01.04.2025 and 08.04.2025.
4. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has undergone an emergency surgery on 05.04.2025 and the stent as well as the stitches are to be removed on 21.04.2025, therefore, his 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 02/07/2025 at 00:30:47
furlough be extended till then so that the stent and the stitches can be removed.
5. The said plea has been vehemently opposed on behalf of the State by Mr. Sanjay Lao, the learned Standing counsel, who submits that the petitioner is misusing the benefit of furlough granted to him and is praying time and again for extension. At the best, in these circumstances, the said extension, as prayed by him, can be considered as a second spell of furlough.
6. The status report filed on behalf of the State is handed across the Board today, which is taken on record.
7. The discharge summary dated 08.04.2025 has been placed on record wherein it has been mentioned that the stent as well as stitches of the petitioner are to be removed after two weeks of the surgery i.e. on 21.04.2025.
8. In the face of these circumstances, the furlough is extended till 22.04.2025 on the same terms and conditions as contained in the
Order/letter/communication dated 07.03.2025.
9. It is hereby made clear that the petitioner shall surrender before the concerned Jail Superintendent on 22.04.2025 at 04:00 PM and no further extension shall be granted on the said ground.
10. Accordingly, the present application stands disposed of.
SHALINDER KAUR, J APRIL 17, 2025/ss/kp
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