$~15 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI # CNR No. DLHC010311132026 + W.P.(CRL) 2100/2026 BHUPENDER SINGH .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Tarun Khanna, Ms. Annu Gupta, Ms. Sana Zaidi and Ms. Ishwa Praveen, Advs. versus THE STATE (GNCT OF DELHI) .....Respondent Through: Mr. Amol Sinha, ASC with Mr. Kshitiz Garg, Mr. Ashvini Kumar, Ms. Chavi Lazarus, Mr. Nitish Dhawan and Mr. Anshul Sharma, Advs. Insp. Shravan Kumar, PS: Safdarjung Enclave CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SAURABH BANERJEE O R D E R % 18.08.2026 1. Status Report alongwith Nominal Roll handed over by the learned ASC are taken on record. 2. By virtue of the present petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India read with Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS), the petitioner seeks release on parole for a period of four weeks in the case arising out of FIR No.227/2010 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 20/08/2026 at 15:34:36 registered at PS: Safdarjung Enclave under Section 302 Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC). 3. Succinctly put, the petitioner was convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for life by the learned ASJ, Saket Courts, Delhi (learned Trial Court) vide judgment and order on sentence dated 14.08.2012 and 23.08.2012, respectively and the appeal thereto being CRL. APPEAL No.1088/2014, was dismissed by this Court vide order dated 07.11.2014. Subsequently, vide order dated 13.04.2026 in W.P.(CRL) 2432/2025 this Court had directed the Competent Authority for expeditiously deciding the application for parole. Pursuant to which, although the same was made before the Competent Authority, however, it was rejected vide Rejection Order dated 04.06.2026. 4. At the outset, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner’s application for parole has been mechanically rejected by the Competent Authority despite being otherwise eligible for seeking parole for re-establishing social ties. More so, the petitioner has been deprived of the benefit of parole, thereby defeating the very object and purpose of the provisions governing parole under the Delhi Prison Rules, 2018 repeatedly, before as well. Further, he submits that the conduct of the petitioner in the last one year while in prison has consistently been ‘Satisfactory’. 5. Per contra, learned ASC although objects grant of parole to the petitioner as his 3rd spell of furlough has already been availed by the petitioner herein w.e.f. from 24.06.2026-09.07.2026, however, he submits that the present petition may be decided on its own merits and in accordance with law. 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 20/08/2026 at 15:34:36 6. Heard and perused. 7. As per records available, the conduct of the petitioner during the previous year whilst in Jail has been “Satisfactory” as per the Nominal Roll. Records also reflect that the petitioner has duly surrendered on time after being released on furlough on more than one occasions. Under the long incarceration being faced by the petitioner, it would be in his interest/ mental well-being that he be released on parole on humanitarian grounds for him to establish social ties with the outside world. 8. As such, the petitioner convicted vide judgment and order on sentence dated 14.08.2012 and 23.08.2012, respectively arising out of FIR No.227/2010 registered at PS: Safdarjung Enclave under Section 302 IPC, be released on parole for a period of four weeks from the date of his release, subject to him furnishing a personal bond in the sum of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand Only) with one surety of the like amount by a family member/ friend having no criminal case pending against him/ her, as also subject to the satisfaction of the Jail Superintendent, and further subject to the following conditions:- i. During the period the petitioner remains out on parole, the petitioner shall not leave NCT of Delhi and report to the SHO, PS: Safdarjung Enclave on every Saturday. ii. ii. The petitioner shall also provide the SHO, PS: Safdarjung Enclave with a mobile number which shall be kept in working condition at all times with location kept on at all times. iii. The petitioner is directed to surrender before the Jail Authorities on the date of expiry of the period of parole at or before 04:00 PM. 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 20/08/2026 at 15:34:36 9. Copy of the present order be sent to the concerned Jail Superintendent for information and necessary compliance forthwith. 10. The present petition is allowed and disposed of in the aforesaid terms. SAURABH BANERJEE, J AUGUST 18, 2026/Ab 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 20/08/2026 at 15:34:36