2021 (12) TMI 688

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....he instance of a Malaysian national. The prayer is for an order on the respondent no. 2 to forthwith return the petitioner's passport bearing No. A 37044226. 2. The facts giving rise to this writ petition are these. The petitioner had landed in Mumbai on March 15, 2019 and was intercepted by the unit of the respondent no. 2, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence. It was found on a search conducte....

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....t of the petitioner was not returned to him, which has disabled him to return to the nation he belongs. Repeated representations made by the petitioner, it is alleged, has proved abortive. 3. A co-ordinate Bench of this Court, while hearing this writ petition on January 21, 2021, had issued notice to the respondents and called for an affidavit by February 23, 2021. 4. Paragraphs 8 and 9 of t....

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....ion of what a learned Judge of this Court, while disposing of this petitioner's earlier writ petition (Criminal Writ Petition No.3464 of 2019) on August 9, 2019 had observed. At that point of time, the adjudication case had not been disposed of and the Court had expressed an apprehension that the petitioner would flee the country if his passport were returned, thereby affecting the adjudication ca....