IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND ARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Daksh Arora ….Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and another ….Respondents

1. The date when the judgment is reserved 09.12.2025 2. The date when the judgment is pronounced 18.12.2025 3. The date when the judgment is uploaded 19.12.2025

4. Whether only operative part of the judgment is Full pronounced or whether the full judgment is pronounced

5. The delay, if any of the pronouncement of full Not applicable judgment, and reasons thereof CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK SIBAL HON’BLE MS. JUSTICE LAPITA BANERJI Present : Mr. Randeep Singh Waraich (Rana), Advocate, for the petitioner.

Mr. Kuljit Singh, Addl. AG, Punjab.

LAPITA BANERJI, J.

In this writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner has challenged the refusal to recommend the petitioner’s release on parole by the District Magistrate, Muzaffarnagar, vide letter dated February 10, 2025 (Annexure P-1) relying upon the report submitted by the Senior Superintendent of Police, Muzaffarnagar.

2. FIR No.32 dated 01.03.2021 was registered against the petitioner under Sections 22, 25 and 29 of the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (he