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IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT

HYDERABAD

THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE K. SUJANA

CRIMINAL REVISION CASE No.102 of 2026

DATE: 29.01.2026

Between:

Madhur Devanathan Kumar

…. Revision Petitioner /

Accused No.2

AND

The State of Telangana,

Through the Public Prosecutor,

High Court for the State of Telangana.

…. Respondent/Complainant

O R D E R

This Criminal Revision Case is filed by the petitioner–

Accused No.2 seeking to set aside the impugned order dated

26.11.2025 in Crl.M.P.No.985 of 2025 in C.C.No.4612 of 2022.

2. The petition in Crl.M.P.No.985 of 2025 in C.C.No.4612 of

2022 was filed by the petitioner–Accused No.2 seeking issuance

of a ‘No Objection’ for renewal of his passport bearing

No.L54002541 for a period of ten (10) years in the normal

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course, in accordance with the Central Government Notification

dated 25.08.1993 vide G.S.R. 570(E).

3. The trial Court, after hearing the learned counsel for the

petitioner and upon perusal of the material available on record,

partly allowed the petition by issuing a ‘No Objection’ for

renewal of the passport, but restricted the period of renewal to

one (01) year only. Aggrieved thereby, the present revision

petition has been filed.

4. Heard Sri Enuganti Sudhanshu Rao, learned counsel

appearing on behalf of the petitioner.

5. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the trial

Court erred in restricting the renewal of the passport to a period

of one year, instead of granting renewal for the regular period of

ten years, and that too without assigning any cogent reasons.

He further submitted that the trial Court imposed two

conditions, namely, the petitioner shall furnish the details of the

renewed passport to the Court immediately after renewal and

shall not leave the country without prior intimation to the

Court.

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6. In support of his contention, he relied upon the judgment

of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in Mahesh Kumar Agarwal v.

Union of India & Anr.¹, wherein it was observed that:

“The respondents examined the application in the

light of Section 6(2)(f) of the Passports Act, the

notification G.S.R. 570(E) dated 25.08.1993 issued

under Section 22 of the Passports Act (hereinafter

‘GSR 570(E)’) and the OM dated 10.10.2019.

According to the respondents, the appellant could be

exempted from the bar under Section 6(2)(f) only if

the competent criminal court expressly permitted his

departure from India and specified, or at least

enabled, the period of travel, in terms of GSR 570(E).

Since the NIA Court, Ranchi, had granted ‘no

objection’ only for the limited purpose of renewal of

the passport, had directed re-deposit of the passport

immediately after renewal and had not granted

permission to travel abroad in the pending NIA case,

the respondents took the position that the statutory

bar under Section 6(2)(f) continued to operate and

that a regular ten-year passport could not be issued.”

7. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel

for the petitioner and upon perusal of the material available on

record, this Court is of the view that the trial Court erred in

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restricting the renewal of the passport to one year. In

accordance with the judgment of the Hon’ble Supreme Court

(supra) and other precedents, Courts cannot restrict the period

of renewal of a passport even though criminal cases are pending

against the applicant. Therefore, the petitioner–Accused No.2 is

granted No-Objection for renewal of his passport bearing No.

L54002541 for a period of ten (10) years in the normal course,

in accordance with the Central Government Notification dated

25.08.1993 vide G.S.R. 570(E). All other conditions imposed by

the trial Court shall remain unaltered.

8. Accordingly, the Criminal Revision Case is allowed.

Miscellaneous applications, if any pending, shall stand

closed.

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K. SUJANA, J

Date: 29.01.2026

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THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE K. SUJANA

CRIMINAL REVISION CASE No.102 of 2026

Date: 29.01.2026

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