Rahul Jessel Mittra v. The Passport Officer,

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 24.07.2023

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE G.R.SWAMINATHAN and M.P.(MD)No.1 of 2015 Rahul Jessel Mittra ... Petitioner Vs.

1.The Passport Officer, Passport Office, No.158/785, Royala Towers No.283, 4th Floor, Anna Salai, Mount Road, Chennai-600 002.

2.The Passport Officer, Passport Office, Bharathi Ula Veethi, Race Course Road, Madurai-625 002.

3.The Passport Officer, Passport Office, Municipal Water Tank Building, W.B.Road, Trichirappalli, Tamil Nadu-626 008.

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4.The Superintendent of Police, Madurai, Madurai District.

5.The Inspector of Police, District Crime Branch, Madurai.

6.Boaz Augustin 7.Padma Kumar 8.Gunasingh Chelladurai 9.Sumathi John Maduram 10.Nithin Kasturi ... Respondents Prayer : Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying this Court to issue a Writ of Mandamus, to direct the Respondents 1 to 3 herein to impound the passport of the Respondents 6 to 10 and to prevent them to leave the country pending disposal of the writ petition. For Petitioner : Mr.N.Murugesan For Respondents : Mr.K.Govindarajan DSG for R1 to R5

ORDER

Heard the learned counsel on either side.

2. The petitioner has sought to impound the passport of the private respondents.

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3. The case of the petitioner is that criminal case was registered against them and that they might flee the country.

4. I wanted to know the status of the criminal case. The learned Additional Government Pleader states that the criminal case registered against the private respondents was closed as 'action dropped'. Hence, no relief can be granted in this writ petition.

5. The Writ Petition is dismissed. No costs. Consequently, connected miscellaneous petition is closed.

24.07.2023 NCC : Yes/No Index : Yes / No Internet : Yes/ No rmi To 1.The Superintendent of Police, Madurai, Madurai District.

2.The Inspector of Police, District Crime Branch, Madurai.

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G.R.SWAMINATHAN, J.

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