* IN THE HIGH COURTOF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Reserved on: 29^th October, 2025 Pronounced on: 06^th April 2026 + W.P. (CRL) No. 1336/2025, CRL.M.A. 12561/2025 RAJAB ALI @ BABLOO S/o Liyakat Ali (Presently confined in CJ-02, Tihar, New Delhi) ....Petitioner Through: Ms. Vrinda Bhandari, Ms. Vanshita Gupta, Ms. Shrutika Pandey and Ms.

Ragini Nagpal, Advocates.

versus

1. STATE (NCT OF DELHI)

Through the Home Department

5th Level, C-Wing, Delhi Secretariat New Delhi-110002 .....Respondent No. 1

2. DIRECTOR GENERAL OF PRISONS CJ-02, Tihar, New Delhi-110064 ....Respondent No. 2 Through: Mr. Sanjeev Bhandari, ASC with SI Seema, PS Gandhi Nagar.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA

J U D G M E N T

NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA, J.

1. Writ Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India read with Section of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (hereinafter referred to as „B.N.S.S.‟), has been filed on behalf of the Petitioner, Rajab Ali @ Babloo for quashing of the Minutes of the Meeting of Sentence Review Board dated 30.08.2024 and 19.09.2024, duly approved by the Hon‟ble Lt. Governor, Delhi, rejecting his premature release and has further sought issuance of appropriate Writ for direct