12. cr appa 914-10.doc RMA IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 914 OF 2010 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 648 OF 2007 Abdul Rehman Abdul Gafoor Shaikh .. Applicant Vs The State of Maharashtra .. Respondents Mr. P.K. Dhakephalkar, Sr. Adv. i/b Ms. Simeen Shaikh for the Applicant Mr. V.B. Konde-Deshmukh, APP for the State CORAM : SMT. V.K. TAHILRAMANI, J DATE : 16th SEPTEMBER,2010. P.C.: 1. Heard learned senior advocate for the applicant and learned APP for the State. 2. The applicant is seeking permission to go to Mecca and Madina in kingdom of Saudi Arabia. 3. It is an admitted fact that this court [Coram : Justice A.M. Khanwilkar ] by order dated 10th April 2008 granted permission to the applicant to go to very same place for a period of 30 days to perform Umrah. After visiting the said place, the applicant has returned back. Now, the applicant 1 12. cr appa 914-10.doc is again seeking permission to go to Mecca and Madina for performing Hajj Pilgrimage. 4. Looking to the fact that earlier also, the applicant was permitted to go to Mecca and Madina and he returned back, I am inclined to give permission to the applicant to go to Mecca and Madina for a period of 50 days on the applicant furnishing an undertaking to this Court by 21st September 2010. The undertaking should be to the following effect:- i. The applicant will limit his visit to Mecca and Madina for a period of 50 days. ii.Before proceeding to Mecca and Madina, the applicant will inform the address at which he will reside in Mecca and Madina and contact number on which he can be contacted in Mecca and Madina. iii.That he will handover his passport to the authority as per directions of Indian Consulate in Saudi Arabia during the period he is in Saudi Arabia and the same will be returned to him on the date he will leave for India. iv.On returning back to India, he will redeposit the passport with the Sessions Court. v. In addition, the learned counsel for the applicant stated that the applicant will travel alone to Mecca and Madina and not with his any of the 2 12. cr appa 914-10.doc family members and which statement will also be incorporated in the undertaking. 5. In view of above, application is allowed in terms of prayer clauses (a) and (b). [SMT. V.K. TAHILRAMANI, J.] 3