( 1 ) ADMIT. THIS revision under Section 397 r/w 401, Cr. P. C. is directed against the order of IV Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Bangalore who has rejected the request of the petitioner for return of the passport seized by the Investigating Officer in Crime No. 565 of 2001 of Ulsor Gate Police Station.

( 2 ) THIS revision arises under the following background : the petitioner who was an Officer in the Reserve Bank of India, Bangalore, till May 2001 took voluntary retirement from the service. After long lapse of time of his retirement, his former employer-Reserve Bank of India filed a criminal complaint in Ulsoorgate Police Station alleging commission of offences punishable under Sections 409, 468 and 477-A, IPC. During the course of investigation, the I. O. seized the passports of the petitioner and his wife and certain documents pertaining to the immovable property owned by his wife and a motor car along with the documents pertaining to it. The petitioner and his wife thereafter made an application before the learned Magistrate invoking his jurisdiction under Section 457/451, Cr. P. C. seeking return of passports, motor car and the documents pertainin