IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN MONDAY, THE 23RD JUNE 2008 / 2ND ASHADHA 1930 WP(C).No. 18194 of 2008(N) -------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------ BINU P. 23 YEARS, S/O.SATHYAN PRESENTLY RESIDING AT PUNNILAM HOUSE MUTHAMKUZHI, CHELAD PO., KOTHAMANGALAM BY ADV. SRI.S.DILEEP (KALLAR) RESPONDENTS: ------------- 1. REGIONAL PASSPORT OFFICER REGIONAL PASSPORT OFFICE, PANAMPILLY NAGAR, KOCHI-682036 2. SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, KUTTAMPUZHA POLICE STATION BY ADV. ASG, SRI. PARAMESWARAN NAIR. GP, SRI.I.V PRAMOD THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 23/06/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: S.SIRI JAGAN, J = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = W.P.(C).No. 18194 OF 2008 = = = = = = = = = = = = = Dated this the 23rd day of June, 2008. J U D G M E N T The petitioner seeks a direction to the 1st respondent to issue the petitioner with a duplicate passport. Admittedly, the petitioner's passport is with his sponsor at Soudi Arabia. He has neither lost the passport nor was the passport destroyed. Further, the petitioner is an accused in a criminal case. For both reasons, the petitioner cannot now seek a duplicate passport. Therefore I do not find any merit in the writ petition and the same is dismissed. S.SIRI JAGAN, JUDGE bkn/-