Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:37400-DB Court No. - 29 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 2458 of 2025 Petitioner :- Sunil Prajapati Respondent :- Union Of India And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Shubham Singh,Surendra Mohan Mishra Counsel for Respondent :- A.S.G.I.,C.S.C.,Pankaj Kumar Hon'ble Ashwani Kumar Mishra,J. Hon'ble Ms. Nand Prabha Shukla,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned counsel for the Union of India and learned Standing Counsel for the State. 2. Petitioner's application for issuance/re-issuance of passport apparently has been kept pending on account of his implication in a criminal case i.e. Case Crime No. 159 of 2022, under Sections 147, 148, 307, 323, 352, 504 IPC, Police Staion Gagaha, District Gorakhpur. Reliance is placed upon the Division Bench judgment of this Court in Writ - C No. 41540 of 2023 (Pawan Kumar Rajbhar Vs. Union of India & 2 Ors.), in order to contend that mere pendency of aforesaid criminal case cannot be a ground to deny passport to the petitioner. 3. In the facts of the case, we permit the petitioner to approach the concerned court where the aforesaid case is pending for grant of 'No Objection Certificate' by the court concerned so that the passport authorities take a fresh decision in the matter relating to issuance/re-issuance of passport. Petitioner, therefore, is at liberty to approach the concerned court which shall act in terms of the law laid down in Pawan Kumar Rajbhar (supra) and based upon its decision, the passport authorities would do the needful by passing appropriate orders within a further period of two months, thereafter. 4. Accordingly, the present writ petition is disposed of. Order Date :- 17.3.2025 Monika Digitally signed by :- MONIKA KESARWANI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad