IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HON’BLE SMT. JUSTICE JUVVADI SRIDEVI CRIMINAL REVISION CASE No.964 of 2025

17^TH DECEMBER, 2025 Between:

Rahul Seth. … Petitioner AND Union of India Rep. by Senior Intelligence Officer. …Respondent

O R D E R:

This Criminal Revision Case is filed by the petitioner/accused seeking to set aside the order dated 13.11.2025 passed by Special Judge for trial of Economic Offences cases, Hyderabad Nampally in Crl.M.P.No.593 of 2025 in Crl.M.P.No.259 of 2019 in F.No.INV/DGGI/HZU/GST/165/2018-19.

2. Heard Sri Ravish Kedia, learned counsel for petitioner, and Learned counsel representing Sri Dominic Fernandes, learned Senior Standing Counsel for CBIC, for the respondent. Perused the record.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was granted bail by the Special Judge for economic offences at Hyderabad vide M.P.No.259 of 2019 on 10.07.2019 and while granting bail the trial Court directed the petitioner herein to execute a personal bond each of Rs.3,00,000/- with two sureties each for the like sum each to the satisfaction of this Court with condition to appear weekly before the complainant and to surrender passport. Accordingly, his passport was surrendered. The petitioner has filed an application for release of the passport for renewal and travel abroad for which the respondent did not file any counter and the Court vide order dated 13.11.2025 partly allowed the application and imposed unilateral conditions directing return of the passport only for 3 months for the purpose of renewal only, upon executing of personal bond of Rs.50,000/- with one surety and further mandated to redeposit old and new passports before the Court and on such redeposit the petitioner is entitled to take back the surety amount and the petition is dismissed in respect of permit to travel abroad without assigning any reasons. Aggrieved by the said order, the petitioner approached this Court and prayed to allow the revision by setting aside the said order.

4. Learned Standing counsel for respondent submits that this order is passed in pursuance of the bail order dated 10.07.2019 in M.P.No.259/2019. The petitioner ought to have challenged the condition of an application for release of the passport for renewal and for travelling abroad.

5. In view of the said submission, learned counsel for the petitioner

seeks to withdraw the revision case and intends to challenge the condition of

6. Permission is accorded.

7. Accordingly, the criminal revision case is dismissed as withdrawn with liberty to challenge the condition of deposit of the passport imposed by the Court in the bail order.

Pending miscellaneous applications, if any, shall stand closed.

__________________ JUVVADI SRIDEVI, J Date: 17-12-2025 BV