HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE G.BHAVANI PRASAD Criminal Petition No.5950 of 2009 ORDER: Heard Sri P.Gangaiah Naidu, learned senior counsel for the petitioners, and Sri B.S.Reddy, learned counsel representing Sri T.Niranjan Reddy, learned Special Public Prosecutor, for the Central Bureau of Investigation, the sole respondent. The petitioners are accused Nos.1 and 2 in Cr.R.C.No.10/E of 1997 of CBI, Hyderabad, in respect of an offence under Section 23 of Foreign Contribution Regulation Act, 1976. While the orders of the Central Government in pursuance of the directions in W.P.No.14694 of 1995 are awaited, the petitioners, who were released on anticipatory bail in Crl.M.P.No.1075 of 2003 on 19.07.2002, were imposed a condition not to leave the country without prior permission of the Court, for enforcement of which, they were directed to deposit their passports before the Superintendent of Police, Central Bureau of Investigation, Hyderabad. Thereafter for performing the Holy Pilgrimage every year, they were given relaxation of conditions since 2003 to 2008 and they came up with an identical request for release of their passport Nos.B- 1625442 and B-1625443 for a period of 90 days in order to perform ‘Umrah’ at Saudi Arabia. The petitioners furnished copies of the orders passed earlier by this Court from time to time in different years as well as a copy of the order granting anticipatory bail. The respondent had no objection for passing a similar order as in earlier years. Sri P.Gangaiah Naidu, learned senior counsel, submits that this time he is seeking for retention of the passports for a period of 90 days due to the difficulty faced by the petitioners last year in getting endorsements on their passports to enable them to undertake the Holy Pilgrimage within a short span of 40 days within which they also have to perform the journey. The request appears to be reasonable. Therefore, the Superintendent of Police, Central Bureau of Investigation, Hyderabad, shall release the said passports of the petitioner Nos.1 and 2 for a period of 90 days from the date of such release under proper acknowledgment. The criminal petition is ordered accordingly. ______________________ G.BHAVANI PRASAD, J 5th August, 2009 SUR