1.cr appa 1041-10.doc RMA IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 1041 OF 2010 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 237 OF 1999 Shantilal Mohanlal Solanki .. Applicant Vs The State of Maharashtra & Ors .. Respondents Mr. Sachin U. Dhakephalkar for the Applicant Ms. U.V. Kejariwal, APP for the State CORAM : SMT. V.K. TAHILRAMANI, J DATE : 27th SEPTEMBER,2010. P.C.: 1. Heard the learned advocate for the applicant and the learned APP for the State. 2. The applicant was been convicted in Criminal Case No. 5 of 1996 under Section 7 of the the Essential Commodities Act. He preferred an appeal being Cr. Appeal No. 237 of 1999 before this Court against the said order of conviction. Through this application, the applicant has prayed for direction to respondent no. 2 to consider his application for grant of passport. 3. It was necessary for the applicant to approach this 1 1.cr appa 1041-10.doc Court in view of the requirement under condition No.17(b) and (c) of the application for issuance of passport. The said conditions are as under: (b) Are any criminal proceedings pending against you before a court in India? If so, give name of court, case number and relevant sections of Law. (c) If answer at (b) is (Y)es, please furnish No Objection Certificate from competent court for grant of Passport. ” Clause 17(b) requires the applicant to state whether any criminal proceedings are pending against him in any court in India and the applicant is required to give name of the court, case number and relevant sections of law. Clause 17(c) states that if any criminal proceedings are pending, then the applicant has to furnish No Objection Certificate from the competent court for grant of passport. 4. It is to be noted that during the pendency of this application, the appeal preferred by him i.e Appeal No. 237 of 1989 has been allowed and the applicant has been acquitted in the said case by judgment and order dated 14th September 2010 [Coram : R.C. Chavan, J]. In view of the fact that he has been acquitted, it would not be necessary for him to seek 'No Objection' from this Court for grant of passport, 2 1.cr appa 1041-10.doc hence, the application is disposed of as infructuous. [SMT. V.K. TAHILRAMANI, J.] 3