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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 27.02.2026 Judgment pronounced on: 27.03.2026 Judgment uploaded on: 28.03.2026 + W.P.(CRL) 2829/2025, CRL.M.A. 30049/2025, CRL.M.A.

38732/2025 &CRL.M.A. 2042/2026 VARITA SONI .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Sarthak Maggon, Advocate.

versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Rahul Tyagi, ASC (Crl)

for State with Mr. Sangeet Sibou, Advocate.

+ W.P.(CRL) 343/2026 VARITA SONI .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Sarthak Maggon, Advocate.

versus STATE ( NCT OF DELHI) .....Respondent Through: Mr. Rahul Tyagi, ASC (Crl)

for State with Mr. Sangeet Sibou, Advocate.

CORAM:

HON’BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA

JUDGMENT

DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J

1. By way of the captioned petitions – W.P. (Crl.) 2829/2025 and W.P. (Crl.) 343/2026 – the petitioner seeks grant of the first spell of furlough and grant of parole for a period of eight weeks, respectively, primarily on the ground that the petitioner‟s presence is required for the care and support of her children, as well as her aged mother, who is presently facing health-related difficulties.

2. The brief facts of the case are that the petitioner is presently lodged in Central Jail