Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:132948-DB Court No. - 29 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 25792 of 2025 Petitioner :- Zishan Khan Respondent :- Union Of India And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Saurabh Mishra Counsel for Respondent :- A.S.G.I.,C.S.C. Hon'ble Mahesh Chandra Tripathi,J. Hon'ble Prashant Kumar,J. 1. Heard Shri Saurabh Mishra, learned counsel for the petitioner, Shri Sanjay Dwivedi, learned counsel for Union of India and learned standing counsel for the State respondents. 2. The present writ petition has been preferred seeking direction upon Regional Passport Officer to process the application of the petitioner for issuance of passport. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner states that an FIR was lodged in the year 2011 bearing Case Crime No.1616 of 2011, under Section 294 IPC, P.S. Civil Lines, District Rampur and it is claimed that in the aforesaid case the proceeding against the petitioner has come to an end as after holding guilty and he has deposited fine of Rs.200/-. He further states that at present there is no criminal antecedent against the petitioner, hence, direction may be issued to Regional Passport Officer to process the application of the petitioner as per law. 4. Considering the facts and circumstances, without adverting any opinion on the merits of the case, we dispose of the writ petition with a direction that the third respondent i.e. Regional Passport Officer must process the application of the petitioner expeditiously, preferably within six weeks from the date of production of certified copy of this order, but certainly after taking necessary comments from the concerned police station, if there is no other legal impediment. Order Date :- 5.8.2025 S.P. (Prashant Kumar, J.) (M. C. Tripathi,J.) Digitally signed by :- SANJAY PURI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad