WRIT - C No. 7348 of 2025 at Allahabad

Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:36189-DB Court No. - 29 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 7348 of 2025 Petitioner :- Sameer Shafique Alias Sameer Shafique Ahmad Respondent :- Union Of India And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Satyawan Yadav,Surya Ditya Yadav Counsel for Respondent :- A.S.G.I.,Gambhir Tripathi Hon'ble Ashwani Kumar Mishra,J. Hon'ble Donadi Ramesh,J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri H.P. Mishra, learned counsel for the respondents. Petitioner's application for renewal of passport apparently has been kept pending on account of his implication in Case Crime No.0001 of 2016, under Section 147, 452, 308, 323, 504, 506, 406 IPC & 7 of Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, Police Station Nizamabad, District Azamgarh. 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 a criminal case cannot be a ground to deny 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