THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.12612 of 2011 ORDER: Petitioner-Accused No.5 approached this Court invoking the provisions under Section 482 Cr.P.C. seeking a direction to the Magistrate to give no objection certificate to produce before the Passport authorities. The case of the petitioner is that he is arrayed as an accused for an offence under Sections 143, 448 and 324 read with 149 IPC in Crime No.25 of 2011 of Dummagudem Police Station. The petitioner is a green card holder and necessarily he has to travel to United States of America. As per the provisions of the passport Act, when any criminal cases are pending against the persons, they should obtain No objection Certificate to travel abroad. Taking into consideration the nature of offence, this Court is of the view that since pendency of criminal case, a person should not be deprived from going to abroad. Considering the same, the learned Judicial First Class Magistrate, Badrachalam is hereby directed to issue ‘No Objection Certificate’ to the petitioner to go to abroad. With the above observation, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. Miscellaneous petitions filed along with the Criminal Petition, if any, shall stand closed. _____________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO 8th December 2011 Rns