$~9 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(CRL) 1207/2025 BHUPENDER .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Manmeet Verma, Mr. Nishank Tyagi, Advs.

versus STATE (NCT OF DELHI) .....Respondent Through: Mr. Anand V Khatri, ASC with SI Meeta, PS M. K. Nagar CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJEEV NARULA

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% 12.12.2025

1. The Petitioner is a life convict in case FIR No. 629/2016, registered at P.S. Mukherjee Nagar, under Sections 320 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, “IPC”. Through this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, he seeks quashing of punishment ticket dated 27^th February, 2024, issued against him by the Jail Superintendent, Central Jail-01, Tihar, Delhi.

2. Counsel for the Petitioner submits that the aforesaid punishment ticket directs stoppage of the Petitioner’s canteen, phone call, and mulakat facilities for a period of 30 days, on the ground that he was allegedly found in an inebriant condition and a UCT test conducted by the jail doctor was reported positive. He urges that the punishment constitutes a Major Punishment under Rule 1271(b)(II) of the Delhi Prison Rules, 2018, thereby making compliance with the procedural safeguards under Rules 1272 and