Vijay Manchanda v. State Of The NCT Of Delhi
$~15 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.M.C. 6014/2023 VIJAY MANCHANDA ..... Petitioner Through:
Mr.
Danish Aftab Chawdhury, Advocate.
Versus
STATE OF THE NCT OF DELHI ..... Respondent Through:
Mr. Laksh Khanna, APP for the State with SI Mukesh Chauhan, P.S.
Mandir Marg.
CORAM:
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ KUMAR OHRI
O R D E R
% 07.03.2024 1.
By way of the present filed petition under Section 439 (1) (B) read with Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, petitioner seeks modification of one of the conditions of bail order dated 11.05.2015 passed by learned Session Court in FIR No. 11/2014 under Sections 406/420 r/w 120B IPC registered at Police Station EOW vide which the Session Court while granting the bail imposed a condition that the petitioner would surrender his Passport before the Trial Court. 2.
Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner states that subsequently on account of his business and commercial activities, the said passport is required to fulfill his need to travel abroad and an application was moved before the Session Court for modification of the aforesaid condition. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.
3.
The application, however, was dismissed vide the impugned order passed on 14.03.2023. Learned counsel for the petitioner states that the present FIR was registered in the year 2014 and the chargesheet came to be filed only in the year 2023 and that the matter is still pending at the stage of framing of charge. He states that in between, the petitioner was permitted to travel U.S.A. in the year 2016 following which he duly came back and surrendered his passport. He further stated that this Court had permitted the petitioner to renew the passport which had expired in the year 2022 vide order dated 25.09.2023.
4.
Mr. Laksh Khanna, learned APP appearing for the State fairly states that petitioner's prayer be allowed subject to him intimating the learned Trial Court of his detailed itinerary before travel after which the passport be also surrendered to the learned Trial Court.
5.
Considering that almost 10 years have passed since the registration of the case and the fact that after being admitted to bail, the petitioner has travelled abroad and duly came back, the impugned order is modified to the extent that the petitioner's passport be released to him subject to the condition that as and when the petitioner intends to travel, he shall not only intimate his detailed itinerary in advance but also inform of his return to the learned Trial Court.
5.
Learned counsel for the petitioner on instructions from the petitioner states that to allay any fear, he volunteers to offer a security of Rs.25,00,000/- to the learned Trial Court which shall be kept in auto renewal FDR.
6.
Order stands modified to the aforesaid extent. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.
7.
Accordingly, the present petition is disposed of. MANOJ KUMAR OHRI, J MARCH 7, 2024/MR The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.