Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:21938-DB Court No. - 29 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 3223 of 2025 Petitioner :- Piyush Ranjan Agarwal Respondent :- Union Of India And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Gaurav Chauhan,Mridul Shekhar Tripathi,Sudhanshu Yadav Counsel for Respondent :- A.S.G.I.,Ajit Kumar Srivastava,C.S.C. Hon'ble Ashwani Kumar Mishra,J. Hon'ble Arun Kumar Singh Deshwal,J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Ajit Kumar Srivastava, learned counsel for the respondents. Grievance of the petitioner is that his application for renewal of passport is kept pending on account of his implication in Case Crime No.472 of 2019 under Sections 406, 504, 506 IPC and Case Crime No.230 of 2007, under Sections 62, 63, 68 of the Copyright Act, 1957. Prayer is made to command the respondent to issue passport in favour of the petitioner. A Division Bench of this Court in Pawan Kumar Rajbhar vs. Union of India & 2 Ors. in Writ C No.41540 of 2023, decided on 19.1.2024 has examined the statutory scheme with respect of issuance of passport and has observed that in cases where criminal proceeding is pending it would be the appropriate court which would be in a better position to consider the question as to whether issuance of passport would be desirable in view of the pendency of criminal proceedings. 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 of the petitioner's 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. With the above observation/direction, the writ petition stands disposed of. Order Date :- 13.2.2025 RA Digitally signed by :- RAZIQ ALI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad