IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 462 OF 2009 CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 462 OF 2009 CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 462 OF 2009 Kiran Vithal Vaidya ...Applicant vs. The State of Maharashtra ...Respondent Ms.Revati Mohite-Dere for the Applicant. Mr.S.K. Shinde, APP for the State. CORAM : V.M. KANADE, J. CORAM : V.M. KANADE, J. CORAM : V.M. KANADE, J. DATED : FEBRUARY 27, 2009 DATED : FEBRUARY 27, 2009 DATED : FEBRUARY 27, 2009 P.C. :- P.C. :- P.C. :- 1. Heard Counsel for the applicant and APP for the State. 2. The applicant seeks relaxation of the condition imposed by this Court (Coram : S.C. Dharmadhikari, J.) dated 18th November, 2005 wherein this Court was pleased to direct the applicant to deposit his passport to the Investigating Agency. 3. The learned Counsel for the applicant submitted that this condition may be relaxed for a period of one year. He submitted that on earlier occasions, two similar applications were filed and both were granted by - 2 - this Court by, Order dated 15th April, 2008 in Criminal Application No.632/2008 and Order dated 23rd January, 2007 in Criminal Application No.4431/2006. 4. Since the condition has been relaxed on two earlier occasions and the applicant has complied with the conditions imposed by the said courts, there is no reason why the present application should not be allowed. 5. The application, accordingly, is allowed. The respondent shall hand over the passport to the applicant. The applicant shall furnish all the details of the tour including residential address, contact numbers (land line and mobile) and the precise dates of the travel. In addition to this, the applicant shall give an undertaking to this court that upon his return, he would handover the passport to the Investigating Officer. Undertaking to be filed within one week. 6. The application is, accordingly, is allowed in the aforesaid terms and is disposed of. - 3 - (V.M. qKANADE, J.) (V.M. qKANADE, J.) (V.M. qKANADE, J.)