HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No. 7218 OF 2010. DATED 27th JULY, 2010. BETWEEN S.Amruthaiah ….Petitioner and The State of AP, rep. By its Public Prosecutor …Respondent HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No. 7218 OF 2010. ORDER: This Criminal Petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is ﬁled with a prayer to direct the Station House Oﬃcer, City Range-I, ACB, to release the passport of the petitioner s seized in Cr.No.13/ACB/CR/2009 of City Range-I, ACB, Hyderabad. The State ACB registered the aforesaid crime against the petitioner for the oﬀence punishable under Section 13(1)(e) r/w 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act. The petitioner was arrested by the police on 3.12.2009 and thereafter he was released on bail. It is submitted that during the course investigation, the ACB oﬃcials seized the original passport of the petitioner. It is submitted by the learned Counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner family belongs to Christianity and they want to visit the holy place of Jesus Christ at Jerusalem, Isrel country and therefore the original passport may be released. He also submitted that the Court below dismissed the application ﬁled by him for release of the passport observing that there is no emergency requirement of release of the passport. Considering the submissions of the learned Counsel for the petitioner and the learned Public Prosecutor, this court is inclined to pass an order in favour of the petitioner. Accordingly, the respondent-ACB oﬃcials are directed to release the original passport of the petitioner for a period of three months on condition of the petitioner executing a person bond for a sum of Rs.5,00,000/- (Rupees ﬁve lakhs only). After immediate expiry of the three months period, the petitioner is directed to surrender the original passport to the respondent-ACB oﬃcials and on such surrender, the personal bond executed by him, as directed above, shall stand discharged. With the above direction, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. ----------------------------------- JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO DATED 27th JULY, 2010. Msnr.