1 APPA 1470-2010 Anand IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.1470 OF 2010 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.317 OF 2010 Surekha Omprakash Singh & anr. .Applicants V/s. The State of Maharashtra .Respondent Mr.Rahul Arote, Advocate, for the Applicants Mrs.P.P.Bhosale, APP, for the Respondent - State CORAM : R.C.CHAVAN, J. DATE : 11TH JULY, 2011 P.C. . Heard the learned Counsel for the respective parties. 2. This is an application for return of passports by two convicts, who have been sentenced by the Sessions Court to suffer various terms of imprisonment under the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act. The State has very serious objection to return of the passports and Nagnath R. Jamadar has filed an 2 APPA 1470-2010 elaborate affidavit stating as to why the passports of the applicants should not be returned. It is alleged that the applicants have been indulging in running prostitution racket in Uganda by taking girls out of India and making them indulge in this trade in Uganda. Even so since one of the applicants has already suffered his entire sentence and other applicant No.1 has been admitted to bail pending hearing of the appeal, it is not clear as to why the passports of the applicants should be detained by the investigating officer. By imposing stringent conditions, passport could be released. 3. In view of this, application is allowed on the following conditions. (i) Applicant No.1, who is admitted to bail and applicant No.2, who has also suffered his sentence shall report at the Social Service Branch, Crime Branch (CID), Mumbai on 3 APPA 1470-2010 the first Sunday of every alternate month i.e. the 1st Sunday of August, October and so on. (ii) The applicants shall not change their address and if there is any change in their address they shall first inform their changed address to the investigating officer which the investigating officer shall verify. (iii) Before leaving India, for any purpose, the applicants shall first inform the Social Service Branch of Crime Branch, their itinerary, the flight or mode of travel which are going to take, the places which they propose to visit with the address of the places where they propose to stay abroad. 4. Criminal Application is disposed of. (R.C.CHAVAN, J.)