/ 1 / IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.4205 OF 2006 Shri Atul Prabhakar Dande ...Applicant V/s. The State of Maharashtra ...Respondent Mr.Nitin Deshpande for Applicant. Mrs.M.M. Deshmukh, APP for the State. M CORAM : V.M. KANADE, J. DATED : 9th OCTOBER, 2007. P.C:- 1. Heard learned counsel for the Applicant and learned APP for the State. 2. By order dated 14th December, 2006, this Court had directed the prosecution to complete investigation within a period of four weeks. Almost 10 months have passed after the said order. No affidavit in reply has been filed so far. 3. The Applicant is seeking return of the passport which was impounded during the investigation. In all probability, investigation might / 2 / have been completed by this time. Hence, there is no reason why passport should remain impounded. The Respondent is directed to return the passport to the Applicant. In the event of chargehsheet being already filed by the prosecution, then Applicant shall obtain permission of the Trial Court if he intends to travel abroad. . Application is disposed of accordingly. V.M. KANADE, J.