Criminal Misc. No. M-28488 of 2010 (O&M) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-28488 of 2010 (O&M) Date of decision: 24.08.2011. Kanta and another ..Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and another ..Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAWAB SINGH Present: Mr. I.P.S. Kohli, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr. J.S. Bhullar, A.A.G., Punjab, for respondent No.1 – State. None for respondent No.2. NAWAB SINGH, J. (ORAL) By filing this petition, petitioners have challenged the order dated May 25th, 2010 passed by Additional Sessions Judge, Jalandhar (Annexure P-2). 2. On September 27th, 2010, Hon'ble Mr. Justice S.S. Saron passed the following order: - “xxx xxx xxx In the meantime, petitioners shall surrender their passports before the Passport Authority within 7 days from today and produce its receipt or deposit before the Police.” 3. Pursuant thereto, petitioners deposited their passports with Passport Issuing Authority Mumbai. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioners has urged that First Information Report No.99 dated October 9th, 2009, under Sections 406 and 498-A of Indian Penal Code was registered in Police Station Cantt. Jalandhar against the petitioners. While granting bail to the petitioners by order dated May 25th, 2010 (Annexure P-2), petitioners were directed to surrender their Criminal Misc. No. M-28488 of 2010 (O&M) 2 passports before the Investigating Officer. It has been further urged that FIR has already been quashed by this Court vide order dated January 21st, 2011 passed in Criminal Misc. No. M-34704 of 2010 so, Passport Authority be directed to release the passports to the petitioners. 5. In view of above, Passport Issuing Authority Mumbai is directed to release the passports to the petitioners (Kanta and Varinder Kumar) on verification and after obtaining the receipt. 6. Disposed of accordingly. 24.08.2011 (NAWAB SINGH) neetu JUDGE