Siddharth Vashishta v. The State (Govt. Of NCT Delhi)

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

+ W.P.(CRL) 78/2017 & Crl.M.A.417/2017 SIDDHARTH VASHISHTA ..... Petitioner Through :

Mr. Sudhir Nandrajog, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Amit Sahni, Mr. Vaibhav Mishra, Mr. Uday Pratap Singh and Mr. Surya Rajappan, Advs.

versus THE STATE (GOVT. OF NCT DELHI) ..... Respondent Through :

Mr.

Sanjay Lao, ASC and Mr.

Siddarth Sindhu, Adv. with SI Anurag PS Mehrauli.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.K. PATHAK

O R D E R

% 10.01.2017 It appears that petitioner had filed an application with the Government of NCT of Delhi for grant of parole. The said application was not decided expeditiously, accordingly, petitioner filed W.P. (Crl.) 3718/2016 seeking parole on the following grounds.

(i) To prepare and appear in Bachelor of Administrative Law Examinations;

(ii) To appear before Registrar of Marriages, Chandigarh on 19th January, 2017;

(iii) To attend personal contact programmes from 28th January, 2017

to 30th January, 2017; and (iv) To maintain social ties.

The writ petition was disposed of vide order dated 26th December, 2016 with the directions to Government of NCT of Delhi to dispose of the application/representation of petitioner within three days from the date of receipt of order.

Therefore, petitioner was granted parole for two weeks by the Government of NCT of Delhi vide order dated 27th December, 2016 (Annexure P2). Petitioner had prayed for grant of parole for three months but he was granted parole for two weeks only. Learned Senior counsel for the petitioner submits that application for extension of parole period was moved before the Government of NCT of Delhi on 30th December, 2016 but the same has not been disposed of till now, even though parole period is expiring on 13th January, 2017. Petitioner has already married last year. However, the marriage is to be registered on 19th January, 2017 at Chandigarh.

Petitioner has also to attend personal contact programme from 28th January, 2017 to 30th January, 2017. Despite this, Government of NCT of Delhi has granted parole only for two weeks. It is further submitted that on earlier occasions also, petitioner was granted

parole for attending personal contact programme. Learned counsel submits that parole period may be extended to enable the petitioner to get the marriage registered and also to attend the personal contact programmes.

Keeping in mind the totality of circumstances, as detailed above, the parole period of petitioner is extended upto 31st January, 2017 on the same terms and conditions.

Petition is disposed of. Miscellaneous application is disposed of as infructuous.

Dasti.

A.K. PATHAK, J.

JANUARY 10, 2017/dk