Ashutosh Tiwari v. State Gnct of Delhi

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18.11.2025

¶1By the present petition, the petitioner seeks first spell of furlough for a period of three weeks in FIR No. 128/2011 registered at Police Station Chitranjan Park, for offences under Sections 302/394/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.

¶2The petitioner is aggrieved that his application seeking furlough has not been decided by the respondent authorities, despite more than two months having been elapsed.

¶3Undisputedly, in terms of Delhi Prisons Rules, 2018, an application seeking parole / furlough is required to be decided within a period of four weeks. This is a digitally signed order. 4. The application seeking furlough was filed by the Pairokar of the petitioner.

¶5It is claimed that the petitioner was not permitted to file the application from inside the Jail, which necessitated his Pairokar to file the same.

¶6Without going into the aspect as to whether any such application was received by the respondent authorities, the present petition is disposed of with direction to the respondent authorities to treat the present petition as an application seeking furlough and pass an appropriate order within a period of three weeks from date. AMIT MAHAJAN, J NOVEMBER 18, 2025 'KDK' This is a digitally signed order.

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(CRL) 3605/2025 ASHUTOSH TIWARI .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Chetan Bhardwaj, Ms. Priyal Bhardwaj and Mr. Ashutosh Madeshia, Advs. versus STATE GNCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Amol Sinha, ASC for the State with Mr. Kshitiz Garg, Mr. Ashvini Kumar, Mr. Nitish Dhawan, Ms. Chavi Lazarus and Ms. Sanskriti Nimbekar, Advs. with SI Narender Singh, PS CR Park. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN