Sachin v. State

$~21 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(CRL) 2678/2018 SACHIN ..... Petitioner Through:

Mr. Sumeet Verma, Advocate.

Versus

STATE ..... Respondent Through:

Mr. Rajesh Mahajan, Additional Standing Counsel for State and Ms. Jyoti Babbar, Advocate with SI Shailendra Kr. Singh, P.S.

Gokulpuri.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAJMI WAZIRI

O R D E R

% 09.10.2018 Issue notice.

Mr. Mahajan, the learned Additional Standing Counsel accepts notice on behalf of the State.

The petitioner seeks parole for three months for filing a Special Leave Petition in exercise of his constitutional right to seek acquittal against the conviction for which he is undergoing incarceration. The petitioner states that he will be the best person to choose, brief and assist a counsel to file and present his case before the Supreme Court. He also has to make arrangements of funds for the same. His address in Delhi has been verified by the Police. His conduct in jail is stated to be satisfactory. Mr. Mahajan, the learned counsel for the State, submit that for the past one year, the petitioner has been punished thrice for altercation with the jail staff.

Be that as it may, insofar as the petitioner seeks to exercise his constitutional right, the Court finds no impediment in allowing the present petition. Accordingly, the petitioner is enlarged on parole for a period of four weeks from the date of his release on his furnishing a personal bond in the sum of Rs.15,000/- with one surety of the like amount to the satisfaction of the Jail Superintendent concerned, subject to the following conditions:- (1) The petitioner shall report to the SHO, concerned Police Station Gokulpuri, Delhi, once a week on every Tuesday during the period of parole.

(2) He shall furnish his telephone number to the SHO concerned, which the petitioner shall keep operational at all times. (3) He shall not leave the territory of NCT of Delhi. (4) The petitioner shall surrender before the Jail Authorities at the expiry of the period of parole.

With the above directions, the writ petition stands disposed-off. A copy of this order be given dasti to the learned counsel for the parties and a copy be sent to the Jail Superintendent concerned, for compliance.

NAJMI WAZIRI, J.

OCTOBER 09, 2018 sb