Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:22833-DB Court No. - 2 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 3824 of 2025 Petitioner :- Mohammad Rihan Ansari Respondent :- Union Of India, Ministry Of External Affairs,Thru. Secretary, Govt Of India, New Delhi And Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Jai Shrinet Counsel for Respondent :- A.S.G.I.,C.S.C. Hon'ble Rajan Roy,J. Hon'ble Om Prakash Shukla,J. 1. Heard Shri Jai Shrinet, learned Counsel for the petitioner, Shri Varun Pandey, learned Counsel respondent Nos.1 to 3 and learned Standing Counsel for the State. 2. After issuance of the passport on adverse police verification report based on a criminal case, which has been mentioned in paragraph No.6 of the writ petition, the passport of the petitioner has been impounded. Now, trial is pending before a court of criminal jurisdiction at Bahraich. We have already settled the law in this regard in our judgments dated 20.11.2018 passed in Writ Petition No.31723 (M/B) of 2018 'Salim Kumar vs. Union of India & Ors.'; judgment dated 03.12.2022 rendered in Writ-C No.8621 of 2022 'Shiv Shankar vs. Union of India & Ors.'; decision dated 21.06.2022 rendered in Writ-C No.3617 of 2022 'Smt. Rashmi Kapoor vs. Union of India & Ors.'; decision dated 13.11.2024 passed in Writ-C No.9562 of 2024 and a recent decision dated 21.10.2024 rendered by this very Division Bench in Writ-C No.8874 of 2024 'Shah Alam vs. Union of India & Ors.' according to which the petitioner has to seek permission from the court where the trial is pending for going abroad and in this case also for release of passport, permission would be required. Once the same is granted i.e. if it is granted, the petitioner may inform the opposite party No.3, who will do the needful as per law, therefore, the petitioner should seek such permission from the court concerned. 3. With the aforesaid observations/directions, the writ petition is disposed of. (Om Prakash Shukla, J.) (Rajan Roy, J.) Order Date :- 22.4.2025 -Piyush- Digitally signed by :- PIYUSH YADAV High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench