WRIT - C No. 6308 of 2025 at Allahabad

Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:30337-DB Court No. - 29 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 6308 of 2025 Petitioner :- Saurabh Jain Respondent :- Union Of India And Another Counsel for Petitioner :- Ramesh Pundir,Rekha Pundir Counsel for Respondent :- A.S.G.I.,Umesh Chandra Tripathi Hon'ble Ashwani Kumar Mishra,J. Hon'ble Donadi Ramesh,J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Umesh Chandra Tripathi, learned counsel for the respondents. Grievance of the petitioner is that his application for renewal of passport is kept pending on account of his implication in Case Crime No.190 of 2020, under Sections 420, 504, 506 IPC, Police Station Dholna, District Kasganj. Prayer is made to command the respondent to issue passport in favour of the petitioner. A Division Bench of this Court in Pawan Kumar Rajbhar vs. Union of India & 2 Ors. in Writ C No.41540 of 2023, decided on 19.1.2024 has examined the statutory scheme with respect of issuance of passport and has observed that in cases where criminal proceeding is pending it would be the appropriate court which would be in a better position to consider the question as to whether issuance of passport would be desirable in view of the pendency of c