HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 26639 of 2025 Court No. - 21 HON'BLE MANOJ KUMAR GUPTA, J. HON'BLE ARUN KUMAR, J. 1. Heard Shri Azaz Ahmad, learned counsel for the petitioner and Shri Vijay Raj Pal, learned counsel for respondents. 2. The following prayer has been made in the present petition: "Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding the respondent No. 2 to issue a fresh passport to the petitioner pursuant to the application dated 23.05.2025. arising out of application file no. LK4065225031025 within some stipulated period." 3. The passport has not been issued to the petitioner apparently on account of Case Crime No. 0053 of 2019, under Sections 452, 323, 504, 506 and 427 IPC, Police Station Nizamabad, District Azamgarh against the petitioner. 4. It has been held by a Coordinate Bench in Writ-C No. 41540 of 2023 (Pawan Kumar Rajbhar vs. Union of India and 2 others) and other connected matters decided on 19.01.2024 that in such an event, it is open to the person concerned to seek no-objection from the jurisdictional criminal court in respect of grant of passport and the Regional Passport Officer shall act, accordingly. 5. In view of the aforesaid position, we dispose of the writ petition with liberty to the petitioner to apply before the concerned court for no- Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Azaz Ahmad Counsel for Respondent(s) : A.S.G.I., Vijay Raj Pal Praveen Yadav .....Petitioner(s) Union Of India And Another .....Respondent(s) objection and in case, the same is granted, the Regional Passport Officer shall proceed to take further action in the matter taking into notice the no- objection granted by the court. September 8, 2025 Mukesh Kr. WRIC No. 26639 of 2025 2 (Arun Kumar,J.) (Manoj Kumar Gupta,J.) Digitally signed by :- MUKESH KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad