Bombay High Court
VIRENDRA LAXMIDAS THAKKARversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA
- Decided
- Disposal
- Allowed
Holding
The court allowed the interim application and granted the applicant permission to travel to Portugal and Italy subject to specified conditions.
Summary
The applicant, Virendra Laxmidas Thakkar, filed an interim application seeking permission to travel to Portugal and Italy from 20 September to 10 October 2026. The court noted prior orders granting the applicant travel permission to the United States and Germany, and observed that the applicant had not misused those liberties. The applicant offered to deposit the original Agreement of Sale of a flat as security, and a photocopy was placed on record. The respondent's counsel did not oppose the request, citing the earlier permissions. The court allowed the application, granting travel permission subject to conditions regarding itinerary submission, deposit of the original Agreement of Sale, and surrender of the passport upon return.
Issues considered
- Whether the court may grant permission to a criminal appellant to travel abroad pending the disposal of the appeal, and on what conditions.
Subjects
- interim application
- travel permission
- criminal appellate jurisdiction
- conditions of release
- agreement of sale
- passport surrender
Judgment
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
INTERIM APPLICATION NO. 2377 OF 2026
IN
CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 127 OF 2020
Virendra Laxmidas Thakkar …Applicant
V/s.
The State of Maharashtra ...Respondent
Ms. Nikita Gawai i/b Mr. Rahul Arote, Advocate for the Applicant.
Ms. S. S. Kaushik, APP for the Respondent/State.
CORAM : N.R. BORKAR, J.
DATE : 31.08.2026.
PRAMOD
SANTOSH P.C. :
LAKARE
Digitally signed by
PRAMOD
SANTOSH LAKARE
Date: 2026.08.31
19:38:09 +0530
1. By this application, the applicant seeks permission to
travel to Portugal and Italy from 20.09.2026 to 10.10.2026.
2. I have heard the learned counsel for the applicant and
the learned APP for the respondent/State.
3. The learned counsel for the applicant has drawn my
attention to the orders passed by this Court dated 04.05.2022 in
Interim Application No. 1409 of 2022 and 15.09.2022 in Interim
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Application No. 2376 of 2022. By the said orders, this Court on
earlier occasions granted permission to the applicant to travel to
the United States and Germany. It is submitted that the applicant
has not misused the said liberty. It is submitted that the applicant,
to allay any apprehension, is willing to deposit Agreement of Sale
in respect of flat purchased by the applicant towards security. The
learned counsel for the applicant has tendered photocopy of the
said Agreement of Sale. The same is taken on record and marked
“X” for the purpose of identification.
4. The learned APP for the respondent/State submits that,
in view of the earlier orders passed by this Court, appropriate
order be passed.
5. Considering the fact that on earlier occasions this Court
granted permission to the applicant to travel abroad, the following
order is passed.
ORDER
i) The Interim Application is allowed.
ii) Permission as sought is granted to the
applicant to travel to Portugal and Italy from
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20.09.2026 to 10.10.2026, subject to following
conditions.
a) The applicant shall furnish the itinerary
to the concerned police station within a
period of one week.
b) The applicant shall deposit with the
Registry of this Court the original Agreement
of Sale of which the photocopy is produced
on record within a period of one week.
c) The original Agreement of Sale shall be
returned to the applicant upon his return to
India.
d) The applicant shall deposit his passport
with the Registry of this Court within a
period of two weeks from the date he
returns to India.
6. The Interim Application is disposed of in the aforesaid
terms.
[N.R.BORKAR, J.]
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