HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA CRIMINAL REVISION CASE No:732 OF 2011 JUDGMENT: The petitioner is a Software Engineer and facing trial in C.C.No.443 of 2005 on the file of the XIII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad, for the offence punishable under Sections 498- A, 406 IPC and Sections 4 and 6 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. As the petitioner goes abroad in connection with his official work, he filed an application under Section 451 Cr.P.C. requesting the Court below to release his passport bearing No.J0381347. But however, the said application was dismissed by the Court below by order dated 9-3-2011 on the ground that on earlier occasion, the petitioner defaulted in redepositing the passport. Heard the learned Counsel for the petitioner. It is a fact that the petitioner is a Software Engineer and goes abroad. It is also true that on the earlier occasion, when he filed the application seeking permission of the Court to release the passport in his favour, the Court below released the same but immediately after his return, he did not redeposit the said passport. But on that score it cannot be said that the passport of the petitioner shall not be released. Further, the petitioner had deposited an amount of Rs.1,00,000/- by way of FDR pursuant to the orders dated 12.1.2010 in Crl.M.P.No.5390 of 2009 and the said F.D.R is very much in force. In those circumstances, this Court is of the view that the passport of the petitioner can be released in his favour enabling him to leave the country on his official work. Accordingly, the Criminal Revision Case is allowed and the Court below is directed to release the Pass Port No.J0381347 to the petitioner. After returning to India, the petitioner shall re-deposit the said Pass Port. It is made clear the FDR shall be kept in force during the pendency of the case. __________________________ Justice Gopala Krishna Tamada Dated: 25.3.2011 Nn HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA CRIMINAL REVISION CASE No:732 OF 2011 25.3.2011