Telangana High Court
CRLRC/975/2025 of Sri Bhavesh Seth Vs Union of india on 19 December 2025
COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD FRIDAY, THE NINETEENTH DAY OF DECEIVIBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE JUWADI SRIDEVI CRIMINAL REVISION CASE NO: 975 OF 2025 Criminal Revision Case filed under Sections 438 and 442 of BNSS Act against the Judgment
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IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA
AT HYDERABAD
FRIDAY, THE NINETEENTH DAY OF DECEIVIBER
TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE
PRESENT
THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE JUWADI SRIDEVI
CRIMINAL REVISION CASE NO: 975 OF 2025
Criminal Revision Case filed under Sections 438 and 442 of BNSS Act against the Judgment and sentence dated '13.'1 1.2025 made in Crl MP No.592 of 2025 in Crl.M.P.No.258l2O19 and Crl.M.P.No. 311512019 (Registered No.) in F.No.lNV/DGGIIHZUIGST117612018-19 dated 13.11.2025 on the file of the Court of the Special Judge for Economic Offences cases, Nampally, Hyderabad.
Between:
Sri Bhavesh Seth, S/o Ramesh Pukhraj Seth Aged About 40 years, Occ Business R/o Flat No. 302,3rd floor, H.no. 1-8-142, 143 Balaji Nivas Building, P G road, Secundrabad, Hyderabad, Telangana-S00 003.
...Accused/Petitioner
AND
Union of india, Rep. By Senior lntelligence Officer, Directorate General of Central Excise lntelligence, Hyderabad Zonal unit, D.No. 1-11-22414, Opp HDFC Bank Begumpet, Hyderabad
...ComplainanURespondent
lA NO: 1 OF 2025
Petition under Section 528 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased to condone the delay of '17 days in representing the present Crl. P.Sr.No. 1 7649 of 2025.
lA NO: 2 OF 2025
Petition under Section 528 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased to dispense with filing of the certified copy of Judgment in Crl M P No 592 ot 2025 in Crl.M.P No. 258/2019 and Cr1.M.P.No.3115i2019(Registered No.)
in F.No. INV/ DGGI/ HZUI GST/ 1761 2018-19, dated 'l 311.2025 on the file of Special Judge for Economic Offences cases, Hyderabad Nampally before this Hon'ble Court.
iounsel for the Petitioner: SRI RAVISH KEDIA
Counsel for the Respondent: SRI DOMINIC FERNANDES
(Senior standing counsel for I :BlC)
The Court made the following: ORDER
IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA
AT HYDERABAD
THE HON'BLE SMT. JUSTICE JUWADISRIDEVi
MINAL R vtstoN CAS E No.975 of 202s
19 DECEMBER 2025
cRt
Between:
Bhavesh Seth
. Petitioner
Union of rndia
AND
rep. by Senior lntelligence Officer,
Directorate General of Central Excise lntelligence, Hyderabad Zonal Unit . Respondent
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challenging the order, dated 13.11.2025 passed in Crl.M.P.No.592 of 2O2E in Cd.M.p.No.258 of 2O1g in F.No.|NV/DGGltHZtJlGSTtlT}t2OlB_1g by the learned Speciat Judge for Trial of Economic Offence Cases, Hyderabad at Nampally (for short 'trial Court,), this Criminal Revision Case is filed.
2. Heard Mr. Ravish Kedia, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel for CBIC, appearing for the respondent. perused the record.
3. The petitionerwas granted bail by the trial Court on 10.07.2019 in Crl.M.P.No.25g of 2019. While granting bail, the trial Court directed the petitioner to execute a personal bond of Rs.3,00,000/_ with two sureties I
for the like sum each to its satisfaction, subject :r the condition that the petitioner shall appear before the respondent ev,l y Monday until further orders and also to surrender his passport. rn c.r rpriance with the said conditions, the petitioner deposited his passport trr fore the trial court.
4. Thereafter, the petitioner filed an applicati, r in Crl.M.p.No.592 of 2025 seeking rerease of his passport for the purr,r se of renewar and for permission to travel abroad. The respondent did rot file any counter to the said application. By the impugned order, he trial Court parfly allowed the application by imposing certain condit >ns, directing rerease of the passport only for a period of three months olely for the purpose of renewal, subject to execution of a personar borr r for Rs.50,000/- with one surety. The trial court further directed the c -.titioner to redeposit both the old and renewed passports on or bef :,e 20.02.2026, upon which the petitioner would be entifled to take ba: l the surety amount. However, the prayer seeking permission to traver rr lroad was dismissed without assigning any reasons. Aggrieved, the 1: :titioner approached this Court by filing the present revision.
5. When the matter is taken up, learned Standirr I Counsel appearing for the respondent submits that the impugned o der was passed in pursuance of the bail order, dated 10.07.2019 pass;t d in Crl.M.p.No.25g o'f 2019. He further submits that the petitioner ouglr to have chailenged the condition directing deposit of the passport impos:d by the triar court \.] \
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6. ln view of the aforesaid submission, learned counsel for the petitioner seeks permission of this Court to withdraw the present revision, with liberty to file a fresh petition challenging the condition directing deposit of the passport imposed by the triar court in the bair order, dated 10.OZ.ZO1g
7. Permission is accorded and this Criminal Revision Case is dismissed as withdrawn, with liberty as sought for. Pending miscellaneous applications, if any, shall stand closed SD/. B. SATYAVATHI JOINT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPYII SECTION OFFICER To, ABK ;. il: ltltti s:T#3F!ii"e,"":ft iB?,Ti " " N a m pa v H vd e ra b a d , *l.jS ":nf ?SJIccr- erna ndes (sen ior stan o in g counser ro r i I I I
HIGH COURT DATED: 1911212025
ORDER
CRLRC.No.975 ol 2025 DISMISSING THE CRLRC AS WITHDRAWN oo ? A E t\ ?[6 *
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