WRIT - C No. 6168 of 2025 at Allahabad

Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:29385-DB Court No. - 29 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 6168 of 2025 Petitioner :- Shiv Shankar Yadav Respondent :- Union Of India And 4 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Akhilesh Kumar Yadav,Kartikey Mishra,Priyavrat Tripathi Counsel for Respondent :- A.S.G.I.,C.S.C. Hon'ble Ashwani Kumar Mishra,J. Hon'ble Donadi Ramesh,J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Suresh Chandra Mishra, learned counsel for the respondents. Petitioner's application for issuance / renewal of passport apparently has been kept pending on account of his implication in a criminal case. 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.118 of 2019, under Sections 147, 148, 149, 452, 323, 324, 308, 504, 506, 427 IPC, Police Station Didarganj, District Azamgarh, cannot be a ground to deny issuance / renewal 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 that the p