Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:48704-DB Court No. - 2 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 7962 of 2025 Petitioner :- Arjun Yadav Respondent :- U.O.I. Thru. Ministry Of External Affairs New Delhi And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Anubhav Awasthi,Aditi Mishra,Kanh Kumar Awasthi,Vinayak Tiwari Counsel for Respondent :- A.S.G.I.,C.S.C. Hon'ble Mrs. Sangeeta Chandra,J. Hon'ble Brij Raj Singh,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, Shri S.B. Pandey, learned Senior Counsel as well as Deputy Solicitor General of India assisted by Shri Varun Pandey, learned counsel for the Union of India as well as learned Standing Counsel for the State and perused the record. 2. This writ petition has been filed by petitioner with following main prayer: "(i) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of MANDAMUS commanding and directing the opposite parties especially opposite party no.2 i.e. Regional Passport Officer, Regional Passport Office, Vipin Khand, Gomti Nagar, Lucknow to renew/re-issue passport of the petitioner applied on 03.06.2025 bearing no. LK030753569425, in the interest of justice. (ii) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of MANDAMUS commanding and directing the opposite parties not to prevent the petitioner from exercising the fundamental right to move freely and to travel abroad enshrined in Article 21 of Constitution of India, in the interest of justice." 3. It has been submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner has made an application on 03.06.2025 to the Regional Passport Officer requesting him to renew his passport by placing reliance on the Notification No.GSR 570(E) dated 25.08.1993, which mentions that during pendency of a criminal case passport can be issued, however, respondents have not taken any decision on his application, hence this writ petition has been filed with the aforesaid prayer. 4. Learned counsel for the parties have agreed that the issue raised in this writ petition has been decided by this Court in Writ-C No.2309 of 2025; Mohd. Aanis versus U.O.I and 3 others, Neutral Citation No.2025:AHC- LKO:14032-DB. 5. We find that a criminal case is pending against the petitioner before an appropriate court and, therefore, this writ petition is disposed of with direction to the petitioner to approach the trial court concerned by moving an appropriate application. The trial court concerned will pass an appropriate order strictly in accordance with law for granting permission to the petitioner to go abroad on conditions which it deems appropriate. Only thereafter his case for issuance of passport can be considered by the Regional Passport Officer concerned. Order Date :- 20.8.2025 Darpan Sharma Digitally signed by :- DARPAN SHARMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench