- 1 - rng IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.3047 OF 2009 Iqbal Hasan Ibrahim Shaikh ... Petitioner vs Union of India (Regional Passport Office, Worli, Ministry of External Affairs,New Delhi 2. State of Maharashtra (DCB,CID,SB-II) Mr.Jagdish Shetty for Petitioner Mr.Mandar Goswami for Respondent no.1 ... CORAM: SMT.RANJANA DESAI SMT.MRIDULA BHATKAR,JJ DATED: 22nd February 2010 P.C. 1. In this petition, the petitioner has prayed that a direction be given to the Regional Passport Authority, Worli, Mumbai through the Ministry of External Affairs New Delhi to issue regular passport to the petitioner. Learned counsel for the petitioner has drawn our attention to an order dated 1st February, 2010 passed by the Joint Secretary, (CPV) & CPO, Ministry of External Affairs whereby passport facility is refused to the petitioner inter alia on the ground that the petitioner being brother of Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar is likely to use the passport to aid and abet the criminal activities of - 2 - his brother Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar. This order is passed pursuant order dated 20th November, 2009 passed by this court to directing the respondents to take expeditious decision on the request made by the petitioner. In view of the said order the present petition has become infructuous. Needless to say that the petitioner may challenge the order dated 1st February, 2010 passed by the Joint Secretary (CPV) & CPO Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi if he so desires. However, we make it clear that we have not expressed any opinion either way on the petitioner’s case. Petition is disposed of as infructuous. SMT RANJANA DESAI, J SMT MRIDULA BHATKAR, J - 3 -