HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA CRIMINAL REVISION CASE No:864 OF 2011 JUDGMENT: The petitioner is a doctor working in Livingston, United Kingdom and he is facing trial in C.C.No.164 of 2011 before the XV Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A and 506 IPC. Coming to know that a case is pending against him viz., C.C.No.164 of 2011, he appeared before the XV Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate and filed an application in Crl.M.P.No.677 of 2011 under Section 437(1) Cr.P.C., seeking for his release. Taking his bonafides into consideration i.e., surrender before the Court below, the learned Metropolitan Magistrate released the petitioner, however on a condition of producing two sureties with surety of Rs.5,000/- each and also surrendering his passport and executing a bond for Rs.5,000/-. The said order is questioned in this revision. Heard. Apparently, the petitioner is a doctor working in United Kingdom. From the material placed before this Court, it is clear that he has to appear for examination at LEEDS on 13.4.2011 and if his passport is surrendered, he cannot leave the country and appear for the said examination. Apart from that, as he is a doctor working in U.K, his presence is very much required and the passport is a necessary document for him to leave the Country. In this view of the matter, this Court is of the view that the condition of surrender of passport is illegal. Accordingly, the Criminal Revision Case is allowed setting aside the order of the Court below insofar as the surrender of the passport is concerned, on condition of the petitioner furnishing a bank guarantee for a sum of Rs.1,00,000/- (Rupees One Lakh only) to the satisfaction of the XV Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Special Court for trial of Video Piracy Cases, Hyderabad. ___________________________ Justice Gopala Krishna Tamada Dated: 7.4.2011 Nn HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA CRIMINAL REVISION CASE No:864 OF 2011 7.4.2011