1 WPCR - 424-2026.docx Meena IN THE HIGH COURT OF BOMBAY AT GOA CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.424 OF 2026 ALTAF SHAH SAYED Aged 47 years, r/o. Plot No.24, Amrutnagar, Gogol, Fatorda Margao ... PETITIONER Versus 1. UNION OF INDIA hrough the Bureau of Immigration (Ministry of Hone Afairs) Govt. of India, New Delhi. 2. STATE OF GOA hrough the Police Inspector, Fatorda Police Station. 3. STATE OF GOA Represented through the Oice of the Public Prosecutor, Bombay High Court at Goa Porvorim 4. OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, South Goa District, Margao, Goa …. RESPONDENTS Mr. Siddharth Nunes, Advocate for the Petitioner. Mr. S. Karpe, Central Government Standing Counsel for Respondent No.1. Mr. Preetam Talaulikar, Additional Public Prosecutor for Respondent - State. Page 1 of 3 5th October, 2026 2026:BHC-GOA:1981-DB 1 WPCR - 424-2026.docx CORAM:- VALMIKI MENEZES & AMIT S. JAMSANDEKAR, JJ. DATED :- 5TH OCTOBER, 2026 ORAL JUDGMENT (per Valmiki Menezes, J) 1. Heard. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith at the request of and with the consent of learned Counsel for the parties. 2. he challenge in this petition is to the endorsement on an LOC, i.e. Look Out Circular, issued by Bureau of Immigration, New Delhi at the request of Superintendent of Police dated 25.02.2026 on behalf of the Police Inspector, Fatorda Police Station, By the communication dated 25.02.2026, Superintendent of Police informed the Bureau of the pending case against the Petitioner, pursuant to which the LOC was endorsed in the immigration records, preventing the Petitioner from travelling abroad. 3. he bail was granted to the Petitioner on 07.04.2026 on several conditions, inter alia, that he should not travel out of the State of Goa without permission of the Court; this order was subsequently modiied on 05.08.2026, by which the Sessions Court, Margao, in case No.3 of 2026, has granted the Petitioner conditional permission to travel, provided the Petitioner submits the travel itinerary/details. It is pursuant to this order that the Petitioner submits that the LOC recorded in the records/system of the Immigration Authorities on 02.03.2026 must be deleted to enable him to travel abroad. Page 2 of 3 5th October, 2026 1 WPCR - 424-2026.docx 4. Considering that the modiication order dated 05.08.2026 now permits the Petitioner to travel abroad on certain conditions, the LOC dated 02.03.2026 recorded pursuant to the communication of the Superintendent of Police dated 25.02.2026 at behest of PI, Fatorda Police Station, must be withdrawn and cannot be permitted to remain in the record, since the Petitioner is now permitted to travel subject to submitting his travel itinerary. he LOC dated 02.03.2026 therefore cannot stand any further. he PI of the Fatorda Police Station through Superintendent of Police shall immediately communicate this order to the Immigration Authorities, who are the Respondent No.1 represented by Mr. S. Karpe, learned Advocate before this Court, to relect the order dated 05.08.2026 modifying the bail conditions of the Petitioner. he Immigration Authorities shall thereafter remove the LOC endorsement from the system to enable the Petitioner to travel. 5. It is made clear that the Petitioner shall strictly adhere to the bail conditions in the modiication order dated 05.08.2026. 6. Rule is made absolute in the above terms. Petition stands disposed of accordingly. AMIT S. JAMSANDEKAR, J VALMIKI MENEZES, J. 5th October, 2026 Signed by: MEENA VISHAL BHOIR Designation: Private Secretary Date: 06/10/2026 11:39:15