1 wp962 srk IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 962 OF 2011 Gauri Shripad Deshmukh & anr. ... Petitioners Versus The Passport Officer & ors. ... Respondents Mr.Nitin P. Deshpande for petitioners. Mr.P.A.Pol, Public Prosecutor for State. Mr.Chetan S. Damre i/b. Mr.D.N.Saliv for resp.nos.1 and 2. CORAM: B. H. MARLAPALLE & U.D.SALVI, JJ. June 8, 2011. P.C. 1. The petitioners pray for directions to grant no objection for re- issuance of passport to them and without endorsement of pending criminal cases against them. 2. The petitioners are accused in Regular Criminal Case No.166 of 2009 in the Court of learned Judicial Magistrate, First Class at Kopargaon and 2 wp962 some of the orders in the said case have been challenged by them in Criminal Writ Petition Nos.130 and 164 of 2010 before the Aurangabad Bench of this Court. Hence the petitioners have to approach either the trial Court or the Aurangabad Bench of this Court for the relief sought for in this petition. 3. Mr.Deshpande, the learned counsel for the petitioners, on instructions, stated that he would prefer that the petition is transferred to the Aurangabad Bench of this Court. 4. We, therefore, direct the Registrar (Judicial) to transfer this petition to the Aurangabad Bench of this Court forthwith. 5. Mr.Deshpande, the learned counsel for the petitioners prayed that the Registry may grant him hamdust so that the petition is submitted to the Aurangabad Bench in person rather than sending the same by post. The request is hereby granted. (U.D.SALVI, J.) (B. H. MARLAPALLE, J.)