MAHENDER @ DABBU v. STATE (NCT OF DELHI)
Court: High Court of Delhi
Bench: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJEEV NARULA
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Case summary
High Court of Delhi judgment dated 2025-09-25. MAHENDER @ DABBU v. STATE (NCT OF DELHI). Read the judgment and case details on LawSphereX.
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$~9 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W. P. (CRL) 2724/2025 MAHENDER @ DABBU ..... Petitioner Through: Mr. Siddharth Yadav and Mr. Anmol Kumar Pandey, Advocates. versus STATE (NCT OF DELHI) ..... Respondent Through: Mr. Rahul Tyagi, ASC for State. SI Parveen, PS-Subhash Place. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJEEV NARULA O R D E R % 25. 09. 2025 1. The Petitioner is a convict in FIR No. 109/2008 registered at P. S. Saraswati Vihar under Section 302 of Indian Penal Code, 1860. th 2. As per nominal roll as on 10 September, 2025, he has been in custody for 14 years, 7 months and 28 days. His jail conduct for the past year has been found to be satisfactory. However, his request for parole was th rejected by order dated 12 August 2025, citing apprehensions that his release may disturb the peace in the area and that there is a likelihood of him absconding. 3.
It is noted that this apprehension has been raised as the Petitioner’s th overall jail conduct includes a punishment dated 17 January 2023, imposed for late surrender, delayed by 1 year and 11 months. Nonetheless, the Petitioner was not arrested and he surrendered voluntarily. Given the purpose of parole, namely, to maintain family and social ties, the long period 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 27/09/2025 at 12:03:58 of incarceration, and the fact that over two years have elapsed since the last recorded punishment, the Petitioner’s request for parole is allowed.
Accordingly, the Petitioner is directed to be released on parole for a period of four weeks, on his furnishing a personal bond in the sum of INR 25,000/-with one surety in the like amount to the satisfaction of the concerned Jail Superintendent, subject to the following conditions: (i) The Petitioner shall report to the concerned SHO(s) once a week on every Monday during the period of parole. (ii) The Petitioner shall furnish his telephone number to the SHO(s) concerned, which the Petitioner will keep operational at all times. (iii) The Petitioner shall surrender before the Jail Authorities at the expiry of the period of parole. 4. The petition is disposed of. SANJEEV NARULA, J SEPTEMBER 25, 2025 nk 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 27/09/2025 at 12:03:58
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