SM 1 35.wp.497.11 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 497 OF 2011 WITH CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 505 OF 2011 Mrs. Surinderkaur Jasbindersingh Chhabra ....Petitioner Versus The State of Maharashtra ....Respondent ____________ Mr. P. G. Sarda i/b Balaji Himpalnare for the Petitioner. Mr. A. S. Shitole, APP for the Respondent-State. CORAM: B. R. GAVAI, J. DATED : 10TH AUGUST, 2011. P.C.: Rule. Rule is made returnable forthwith. Heard by consent. 2. The petitioner has approached this Court challenging the order dated 23th December, 2010 thereby rejecting the application filed by the present petitioner for granting no objection for issuance of passport to her. 3. The petitioner is an accused for the offence punishable under Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code alongwith her husband. The petitioner is seeking passport as she wants to travel abroad for the treatment of her mother, who is suffering from 'Breast Cancer'. 4. The petition is opposed by the learned APP on the ground that the petitioner is involved in a serious crime and, SM 2 35.wp.497.11 therefore, if she is granted passport there is a possibility of her fleeing away from here. 5. A categorical statement has been made by the petitioner that the petitioner has one daughter and a son who are residing at Pune and taking education. The petitioner has also landed property at Pune. It can, thus, be seen that petitioner has deep roots in the society and as such there is no likelihood of her absconding. 6. In that view of the matter, I find that the impugned order is not sustainable in law. Rule is, therefore, made absolute in terms of prayer clause (a). (B. R. GAVAI, J.)