1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 3184 OF 2009 Pradeep Prabhashankar Saboo ..Applicant versus The Investigating Officer, A.I.U. C.S.I. Airport, Mumbai & Anr. ..Respondents Mr. Taraq Sayed S. Shaikh for Applicant. Mr. D. N. Salvi for Respondent No. 1. Ms. M. H. Mhatre – APP for State. CORAM : S. A. BOBDE, J. DATED : 23RD JULY, 2009. P.C. : 1. Heard. 2. This application is made by the Applicant for permission to go aboard. 3. While granting bail on 26th May 2009, Additional Principal Judge and Special Judge imposed the condition on the Applicant that he shall not leave India without prior permission of the Court. 2 4. Since the Applicant is engaged in the business of arranging religious tours abroad, he applied for permission to leave India. Permission was rejected by the Court, hence this Application. 5. Having heard the learned counsel for sometime, it appears that the Applicant is regularly engaged in the business of arranging tours including religious tours to foreign countries. It appears that it is in the course of this business that he was arrested with allegedly illegal travellers cheque and Indian currency. 6. The learned counsel for the Applicant states that in fact the Applicant has not been involved in any offence before and has not been arrested. He further submits that the Applicant is an Indian National who has his place of business and family in India and will not abscond. The learned counsel for the Respondents accepts that arranging tours is the regular business of the Applicant. He submits that heavy surety be imposed on the Applicant in case he is permitted to travel abroad. 7. Having considered the overall circumstances of the matter and in particular the fact that the travelling appears to be the occupation of the Applicant, it would be appropriate to permit the Applicant to travel on a specific tour to specified countries in a specified period. The details of 3 which shall be furnished by the Applicant by way of itinerary to the Respondents within a period of one week from today. Upon such itinerary being furnished and upon Applicant furnishing cash security in the sum of Rs.5,00,000/- (Rupees Five Lakhs) for this tour, the Applicant shall be permitted to travel abroad and return to India as proposed. The Applicant shall deposit his passport with the Respondents within one week of his return to India. Order accordingly. 8. Application disposed of accordingly. (S. A. BOBDE, J.)