WRIT - C No. 7402 of 2025 at Allahabad

Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:36151-DB Court No. - 29 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 7402 of 2025 Petitioner :- Anil Chauhan Respondent :- Union Of India And 4 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Indra Deo Yadav,Yashpal Yadav Counsel for Respondent :- A.S.G.I.,C.S.C.,Dinesh Chandra Tripathi Hon'ble Ashwani Kumar Mishra,J. Hon'ble Donadi Ramesh,J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Dinesh Chandra Tripathi, learned counsel for the respondents. Petitioner's application for issuance of passport apparently has been kept pending on account of his implication in Case Crime No.09 of 2017, under Section 147, 148, 323, 504, 325 IPC, Police Station Mehnagar, 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 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 that the passport authorities take a fresh decision in the matter