Mr. Harinder Singh Sidhu, J.:- By filing the present petition, Daler Singh – petitioner has sought direction to respondents No.1 and 2 to issue him a passport, which has been withheld on the complaint made by respondent No.3.

2. The brief facts, as put forth by the petitioner, are that he was married with one Sandeep Kaur on 2.6.2009. He has been living in Italy for the last more than seven years and had been visiting India very often. On 23.3.2015, when he came to India and informed his wife that he has come to take her and their son to Italy, an argument took place between them. Sandeep Kaur left the house of the petitioner and also took away his passport bearing No.H-0805464, which was issued to him from Milan (Italy). She also made complaints to different police authorities as also to the NRI Wing, Phase VII, Mohali to lodge an FIR against the petitioner on general allegations of dowry. Despite best efforts on the part of the petitioner, the matter could not be resolved amicably.

3. The petitioner gave information to the Punjab Police about his missing passport (Annexure P-1) and also applied for re-issue of the same before respondents No.1 and 2 on 11.4.2015 (Annexure