Rajinder Kaur v. Union Of India And Others

read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, at Police Station Sadar Sangrur, District Sangrur. However, it is stated that although the challan has been presented in the said FIR, the charges have not yet been framed. 3.

Today, reply by way of affidavit dated 21.07.2025 of Mr. Sukhdev Singh, P.P.S., Deputy Superintendent of Police, Sub Division Sangrur, has been filed on behalf of respondents No.3 and 4 in Court, which is taken on record, subject to all just exceptions. A copy thereof has also been supplied to learned counsel for the petitioner, in Court today itself. 3.1 In paragraph No.4 of the reply dated 21.07.2025, the following stand has been taken:- "4. That on the completion of investigation, challan of the case against all the 13 accused (including the present petitioner) was submitted in the Court on 28.08.2023, charge has not yet been framed and now the case is fixed for 23.09.2025." 4.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that keeping in view the aforesaid stand taken by learned counsel for respondents No.3 and 4 in reply dated 21.07.2025, the case of petitioner is squarely covered by the judgment passed by a co-ordinate Bench of this Court in "Mohan Lal @ Mohna Vs. Union of India and others", 2023 SCC Online P&H 1391. 5.

Learned counsel for respondents No.1 and 2 does not dispute the aforesaid position and submits that the case of petitioner would be considered by the concerned authority in the light of decision rendered in Mohan Lal @ Mohna's case (supra) and a final decision on the application for re-issuance of passport shall be taken within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of the certified copy of this order. 6.

Keeping in view the aforesaid submissions made by learned counsel for the parties, the instant writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondent/concerned authority to consider and decide the

application for re-issuance of passport submitted by the petitioner in the light of judgment rendered by a co-ordinate Bench of this Court in Mohan Lal @ Mohna's case (supra) within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of the certified copy of this order.

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