* 1 * W.P. 3463.2010 10.2.2011 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 3463 OF 2010 Dr. Ravindra Rajaram Wagh & Ors. ......Petitioners. V/S. The State of Maharashtra & Ors. .........Respondents * * * * * * Mr. J. Shekhar i/by. M/s. J. Shekhar & Co., Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. P.S. Hingorani, APP for the State-respondent no.1. None for respondent no.2. Coram : Smt. R.P. SondurBaldota, J. 10 February, 2011. P.C. : 1. Rule. Rule, made returnable forthwith. 2. This writ petition arises out of the order dated 20th August, 2010 passed by the Judicial Magistrate First Class, Kolhapur rejecting the application filed by the petitioners at Exhibit-47 in * 2 * W.P. 3463.2010 10.2.2011 Regular Criminal Case No. 438 of 2007 for renewal of their passports. The petitioners are the accused in C.C. No.850 of 2006 filed for the offences punishable under Sections 420, 406, 468, 471 read with 34 Indian Penal Code. In view of pendency of criminal proceedings against them, they need permission of the Court for renewal of their passports. In the application, they have undertaken that they will not leave India without obtaining permission of the Court. All the applicants are Doctors by profession and have been practising at Kopargaon, District- Ahmadnagar. Since the application is only for renewal of the passports, the trial Court ought to have granted the same. Perusal of the proceedings of the application filed by the petitioners, shows that, there is no difficulty in passing the order of renewal of passport. Hence, the petition is allowed in terms of prayer clause (b). It is made clear that the petitioners shall not travel abroad without obtaining permission from the trial Court. [Smt. R.P. SondurBaldota, J]