Overview
- Justice Ravinder Dudeja dismissed Yadav’s challenge to prison orders dated October 29 and December 1, 2025, finding no arbitrariness or illegality.
- The ruling applied Rule 1223, which requires three annual good-conduct remissions that Yadav cannot earn until completing 25 years of actual imprisonment.
- Prison authorities and the victim’s family opposed release, citing the gravity of the crime, public-order risks, flight concerns, and threats to the family’s safety.
- The court reiterated that furlough is a discretionary, humanitarian measure and not an enforceable right under the Delhi Prison Rules, 2018.
- Parity with co-convict Sukhdev was rejected as the Supreme Court granted his furlough after he completed his term, whereas Yadav has served just over 23 years.