ORDER

The petitioner is the accused in Crime No.

316/2022 registered by the Ponnani Police Station and is now pending as C.C No. 526/2022 on the file of the Court of the Judicial First Class Magistrate, Ponnani, (‘learned Magistrate’ in short). By Annexure A1 order dated 13.07.2022, this Court had enlarged the petitioner on bail subject to conditions. As per condition no. (iv) the petitioner was directed to surrender his passport before the jurisdictional court within seven days. Consequently, the petitioner surrendered his passport. Although the crime is of the year 2022, the trial in the case has not progressed. In order to go abroad, the petitioner filed an application before the learned Magistrate seeking return of his passport. However, by the impugned Annexure A2 order, the learned Magistrate has dismissed the application on the ground that this Court has not permitted the learned Magistrate to consider an application for modification of bail conditions. Annexure A2 order is erroneous and untenable. Hence, the Crl.M.C.

2. I have heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Public Prosecutor.

3. On a consideration of the facts and materials on record, particularl