$~49 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI # CNR No. DLHC010466542026 + W.P.(CRL) 3042/2026 UMAKANT @ ANIL KUMAR .....Petitioner Through: Ms. Adv (appearance not given) versus STATE OF GNCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Sanjay Lao, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Manoj Pant, Mr. Abhinav Kumar Arya, Mr. Aryan Sachdeva, Advs. for the State. SI Suneel Kumar Sahu, PS South Rohini CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAVINDER DUDEJA O R D E R % 28.09.2026 CRL.M.A. 30440/2026 (exemption) 1. Allowed, subject to all just exceptions. 2. This application stands disposed of. W.P.(CRL) 3042/2026 3. This is a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India read with Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, (BNSS) for directions to the respondent to transfer and confine the petitioner in semi-open jail as per the Delhi Prison Rules, 2018. 4. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has 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 30/09/2026 at 13:15:00 already undergone approximately 8 years and 2 months of sentence out of the life term awarded to him. She further submits that on 29th July, 2026, the petitioner submitted an application/representation before the prison authorities seeking transfer and confinement in a semi-open jail in terms of Delhi Prison Rules, 2018. However, the said application has neither been decided nor responded to. 5. It is submitted that the petitioner fulfils eligibility criteria for selection and confinement in semi-open prison as per Rule 1321 of Delhi Prison Rules, 2018, having undergone the requisite period of actual sentence. 6. Mr. Lao, the learned Senior counsel who appears for the State on advance notice fairly states that the application of the petitioner would be placed for consideration before the jail committee in the next meeting. 7. In view of the aforesaid statement made by the learned Senior counsel, the writ petition is disposed of with direction to place application/ representation of the petitioner before the jail committee in the upcoming meeting and the outcome/decision taken in the meeting be conveyed to the petitioner to enable him to take appropriate legal measures. 8. Copy of this order be sent to Director General (Prisons) for information and compliance. RAVINDER DUDEJA, J SEPTEMBER 28, 2026/gs/sk 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 30/09/2026 at 13:15:00