Conviction For Committing Sexual Offences No Ground For Denying Benefit Of Furlough: Delhi High Court

Case: GOPI NISHA MALLAH v. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI

Coram: Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma

Case No.: W.P.(CRL.) 2836/2023

Court Observation: “In this Court’s opinion, merely because a person has been convicted for committing sexual offences, he cannot be denied benefit of furlough, which he is otherwise eligible for, on such erroneous grounds,”.

“As per records, the petitioner earlier been granted interim bail on two occasions during the course of trial and this Court had also granted him parole for a period of 06 weeks from 18.02.2019 to 12.04.2019, and there is no report of any misuse of liberty of interim bail or parole or any complaint of late surrender,”.

“In such circumstances, this Court cannot reject the prayer of the petitioner who seeks grant of furlough for maintaining social ties with his friends and family, and accordingly, the present petition is allowed and the impugned order dated 04.09.2023 passed by the respondent is set aside,”.

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