1. Petition filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. Petitioner, who is the accused in Crime No.143/CR/OCW-III/PKD of CBCID, has approached this Court with the following prayer :

"In the above circumstances, it is most humbly prayed that this Hon'ble Court may be pleased to quash all further proceedings in Crime No.143/CR/OCW-III/PKD of CBCID Head Quarters, Thiruvananthapuram as it is an abuse of process of court."

2. Facts in brief, are as follows:

Petitioner is an Indian citizen, now working in a bank in Dubai. He is implicated as accused in the above crime alleging an offence punishable under Section 12(1)(b) of the Passports Act, 1967( in short 'the Act'). Prosecution case is that the petitioner willfully changed his name and educational qualification in the application for passport with a view to obtain a passport with fictitious identity. Prosecution contended that the petitioner having actual name as 'Shyamesh', wrongly stated his name as 'Shymesh' and obtained a passport. Further, he had passed S.S.L.C at the time of making the application. But he suppressed that fact and had shown his educational qualification as 8th standard. Prosecution contended therefore that these