Bombay High Court
ANAND MADHAV ASHTAPUTREversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANR
- Decided
- Disposal
- Allowed
- Bench
- N R BORKAR
Holding
The court held that the pending criminal case does not bar the applicant from applying for passport renewal.
Summary
The applicant, Anand Madhav Ashtaputre, filed an interim application seeking permission to renew his passport while a criminal case (Criminal Application No. 535 of 2018) was pending. The respondent State opposed the application. The court heard counsel for both sides and held that there is no legal impediment to the applicant’s passport renewal. Consequently, the applicant was permitted to make an application for passport renewal to the concerned authority, which must process it in accordance with law. The interim application was disposed accordingly.
Issues considered
- Whether a pending criminal case constitutes a legal impediment to the renewal of a passport.
Subjects
- passport renewal
- criminal proceedings
- interim relief
- legal impediment
Judgment
1 11-IA 3490-25.doc
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
INTERIM APPLICATION NO.3490 OF 2025
IN
CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.535 OF 2018
Anand Madhav Ashtaputre … Applicant
V/s.
The State of Maharashtra & Anr. … Respondents
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Mr. Rahul Arote for the Applicant.
Mr. B. V. Holambe Patil, APP for the Respondent-State.
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Digitally CORAM : N.R. BORKAR, J.
signed by
MUGDHA
MUGDHA MANOJ
PARANJAPE
DATE : 23RD JANUARY 2026
MANOJ
PARANJAPE Date:
2026.01.26
P.C. :
13:54:31
+0530
1. Mentioned out of turn.
2. I have heard the Learned Counsel for the Applicant and Learned
APP for the State.
3. The Applicant is permitted to make an application for renewal of his
passport to the concerned authority. It such an application is made, the
concerned authority, in absence of any legal impediment, shall renew the
passport of the Applicant in accordance with the law.
4. The Interim Application is disposed of in the aforesaid terms.
(N.R. BORKAR, J.)
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