Modification of bail conditions justified due to compliance and completion of investigation.

O R D E R

The petition is filed under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita , 2023, to delete/modify condition No. (iv) in Annexure A1 order passed by this Court.

2. By Annexure A1 order dated 26.07.2024, the petitioner was enlarged on bail by imposing eight conditions. By condition No. (iv), the petitioner was directed to surrender his passport before the jurisdictional Court within ten days. The petitioner was also permitted to move the jurisdictional court seeking deletion/modification of any of the bail conditions. 3. The petitioner asserts that, he is scrupulously complying with the conditions in the bail order. Even though the petitioner had submitted an application before the Jurisdictional Magistrate to release the passport, the same was dismissed by Annexure A3 order.

The investigation in the case is practically complete, and the petitioner’s further presence is not required. The petitioner has to resume his employment abroad. Therefore, the petitioner requires his passport. The petitioner is willing to abide by any conditions that may be imposed by this Court. Therefore, condition No. (iv)

may be deleted/modified. Hence, the petition.

3. Heard; the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Public Prosecutor.

4. The learned Government Pleader has filed a memo with the report of the Investigating Officer dated 12.02.2025. In the said report, it is stated that the investigation is at its fag end.

5. On a consideration of the facts and the materials placed on record, especially that the petitioner has scrupulously complied with all the conditions in the order dated 26.07.2024, which is almost a year now, and the investigation in the case is practically complete, I am satisfied that the petition is to be allowed.