R/SCR.A/10299/2026 ORDER DATED: 11/08/2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/SPECIAL CRIMINAL APPLICATION (DIRECTION) NO. 10299 of 2026 ========================================================== RAJENDRA PARSHOTAMBHAI BHATTSANA Versus UNION OF INDIA & ANR. ========================================================== Appearance: MR Y J PATEL(3985) for the Applicant(s) No. 1 NOTICE THROUGH SPEED POST NOT RECEIVED BACK for the Respondent(s) No. 1 MR J K SHAH, APP for the Respondent(s) No. 2 ========================================================== CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE M. R. MENGDEY Date : 11/08/2026 ORDER Draft amendment granted. Amendment to be carried out forthwith. 1. Learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that the FIR being CR No.11213010210858 of 2021 came to be registered with the Dhoraji Police Station against the present petitioner for an offence punishable under the provisions of the Essential Commodities Act and the same has been culminated into Criminal Case No.795/2022. Pending the said Criminal Case, the petitioner had submitted an application to the learned Trial Court for renewal of his passport which was deposited pursuant to the order of the Court. The learned Trial Court, vide order dated 13.05.2026, had allowed the said application. However, it was directed to renew of the passport of the petitioner for a period of 2 years only. The petitioner is desirous of getting his passport renewed for a period of 10 years since the R/SCR.A/10299/2026 ORDER DATED: 11/08/2026 offence alleged against the present petitioner is not amounting to Moral Turpitude. He therefore submitted to allow the present petition and direct the respondent passport authority to renew the passport of the petitioner for a period of 10 years. 2. Learned advocate Mr. Ankit Shah appearing for the respondent passport authority has stated at the bar that the passport authority has no objection if considering the case of the petitioner for renewal of his passport for a period of 10 years. He shall file his appearance before the registry. 3. Heard learned advocates for the parties. 4. Having regard to the fact that the passport authority has no objection for considering the case of the petitioner for renewal of his passport for a period of 10 years, the present petition stands disposed of with a direction to the concerned authority to consider the case of the petitioner for renewal of his passport for a period of 10 years. 5. The petition stands disposed of. Direct service is permitted. (M. R. MENGDEY,J) AHS Original copy of this order has been signed by the Hon'ble Judge. Digitally signed by: AMIT SONAGARA(HCD0079), ENGLISH STENOGRAPHER GRADE TWO CLASS TWO, at High Court of Gujarat on 12/08/2026 10:50:17