2010 Supreme(Raj) 211
[Citation : 2011(1) RLW 410 (Raj.)]
(Rajasthan High Court)
Jaipur Bench
Mahesh Chaudhary Vs. State of Raj. & Ors. (Sharma, J.)
HON'BLE MAHESH CHANDRA SHARMA, J.
Mahesh Chaudhary
Versus
State of Rajasthan & Ors.
S.B. Cr. Misc. Petition No. 1980 of 2009, decided on 16.02.2010
Ashok Mehta, for Petitioner in all Misc. Petitions;
Piyush Kumar, Public Prosecutor;
Manoj Sharma, for Complainants in all Misc. Petitions.
Headnote:Cr.P.C., 1973, Sec. 482; Passport Act, 1967, Sec. 6(f) — Imposing condition of submission of Bank guarantee before granting permission to travel abroad — Cheques were dishonoured — Filed complaints — Thereafter, petitioner sought permission to go abroad — Submitted before trial Court that he is willing to deposit Bank guarantee — Allowed — Furnished Bank guarantee before trial Court — Challenged the order as it infringes his fundamental right to travel and move freely u/S. 6(f) of Passport Act — Held — Having furnished the Bank guarantee in compliance of trial Court's order, the misc. petition became infructuous. (Paras 12, 13)
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2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned counsel for the complainants and the learned Public Prosecutor.
3. This misc. petition and the misc. petitions mentioned in the Schedule enclosed with this order have been filed against the order imposing condition of submission of bank guarantee before granting permission to travel abroad dated 4.8.2009 by the Additional Sessions Judge (Fast Track) No. 7 Jaipur City in the criminal revisions which arise from the orders dated 17th June, 2009 of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate No. 6 Jaipur City Jaipur in the cases filed by the complainants.
4. The facts of the misc. petition No. 1980 of 2009 are taken into consideration. The respondent No 2' s firm M/s. S.N. Kapoor Exports and the petitioner's firm M/s. Saraswati Exports were having prolific business relations and had various agreements dated 1.4.2001, 20.11.2001, and 1.4.2003 with M/s. S.N. Kapoor Exports of which S.N. Kapoor and his son Vikram Kapoor were partners. As per agreement dated 1.4.2001 and 1.4.2003 representative of firm M/s. S.N. Kapoor Exports, Shri Vikram Kapoor had to look after and supervise various stages of carpet manufacturing at M/s. Saraswati Exports within their premises and then also sell their products in the export market. For the same a consideration of 10% commission was to be paid to Vikram Kapoor, however, post the agreement dated 1.4.2003, it was fixed at Rs. 17 lakh per month which was to be paid in three installments on 11th, 21st, and the last day of the month as Rs. 6 lakh, Rs. 6 lakh and the remaining amount post TDS respectively. Continued business partnership and amicable relations shared between the two business parties led the petitioner to deposit with the firm M/s. S.N. Kapoor Exports a total of 72 cheques for2 years, in advance with the understanding that the cheques would only be encashed 3 months from the date on which the cheque was issued, as commission for all the required work done by respondent No. 2. But due to some reasons some of the cheques were dishonoured and the respondent No. 2 filed a complaints before the court concerned. Thereafter the petitioner has moved an application before the trial Court whereby he sought permission to go abroad. The trial Court after hearing the parties allowed the application of the petitioner and granted permission to go abroad by imposing following conditions.
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3- ;fn izkFkhZ@vfHk;qDr ds fo:) bl U;k;ky; esa mijksDr pkjksa izdj.kksa ds vykok fdlh vU; U;k;ky; esa QkStnkjh izdj.k gks rks mlss ikliksVZ vkFksfjVh fons'k tkus ls jksd ldrh gSA
4- izkFkhZ@vfHk;qDr blds lEcU/k esa ikliksVZ dh frfFk c<+ok;sxk rFkk u;k ikliksVZ cuok;sxk rFkk og fons'k tkus gsrq vU; lacaf/kr vkSipkfjdrk,a iwjh djsxkA
5- mijksDr 'krksZ ds v/khu izkFkhZ@vfHk;qDr dks N% ekg ds fy, fons'k tkus dh vuqefr iznku dh tkrh gSA**
5. Against this order Criminal Revision Petition No. 1206 of 2008 was filed. In the aforesaid revision petition, this court by order dated Dec. 2, 2008 passed following order:
"In the result, this criminal revision petition is allowed and the order dated 6.8.2008 passed by the Addl. Civil Judge (Jr. Div.) & Judicial Magistrate No. 22 Jaipur City, Jaipur in Case No. 72/2005 is quashed and set aside and the matter is remanded to the trial court with the direction to rehear the matter on the point of permitting the accused non-petitioner No. 2 to go abroad, after hearing all the parties concerned includi