WRIT - C No. 1263 of 2025 at Allahabad

Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:32893-DB Court No. - 29 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 1263 of 2025 Petitioner :- Mohd. Shokeen Respondent :- Union Of India And 4 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Akhlendra Pratap Singh,Deleep Kumar Chaudhari Counsel for Respondent :- A.S.G.I.,C.S.C.,Krit Raj Singh Hon'ble Ashwani Kumar Mishra,J. Hon'ble Donadi Ramesh,J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and Shri Krit Raj Singh, learned counsel for the respondent. Petitioner's application for issuance of passport apparently has been kept pending on account of his implication in a criminal case where the appellant has been bailed out. Reliance is placed upon the Division Bench judgment of this Court in Writ - C No. 41540 of 2023 (Pawan Kumar Rajbhar Vs. Union of India & 2 Ors.), in order to contend that mere pendency of Case Crime No.0081 of 2022, under Sections 323, 504, 506, 186, 353, 342, 511, 427 I.P.C. Police Station- Budhana, District- Muzaffarnagar, cannot be a ground to deny issuance of passport to the petitioner. In the facts of the case, we permit the petitioner to approach the concerned court where the aforesaid case is pending for grant of no objection certificate by the court concerned so