2023 (9) TMI 1658

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....nior Standing counsel with Mr. Jatin Kumar Gaur, Advocates ORDER CRL.M.A. 17641/2023 (Modification of order dt. 26.11.2021) 1. The present application seeks the following prayers: "(a) Modify the bail condition No. 60(i) as mentioned in the Judgment dated 26.11.2021 passed by this Hon'ble Court in Bail Application No. 3771/2021 titled as "Tarun Jain Vs. Directorate General of GST....

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....Investigating Officer/Apprehending Authority;" 3. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the applicant submits that in compliance of the aforesaid condition, the latter had surrendered his passport bearing number M6234966, with the respondent. 4. It is further pointed out that in the present case, a show cause notice has been issued to the applicant and proceedings are pending under the Cent....

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...., no purpose will be served by allowing the trial court to retain the passport on its record. The passport except for the travel purpose is required for many other purposes i.e. for the purpose of identification etc." 7. Learned counsel for the applicant further relies upon a judgment of the Hon'ble High Court Karnataka in Criminal Petition No. 1892/2022, titled 'Praveen Surendiran v. State of ....

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....r release of passport in his favour, as right to hold a passport and travel is, without doubt, held to be a fundamental right in plethora of judgments." 8. Status report has been filed on behalf of the respondent, where in it is stated that the order dated 26.11.2021 granting anticipatory bail to the applicant has been challenged before the Hon'ble Supreme Court by way of SLP (Crl) No. 010421-0....