CRLRC/964/2025 of Sri Rahul Seth Vs Union of india on 17 December 2025

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IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA

AT HYDERABAD

WEDNESDAY, THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF DECEMBER

TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE

PRESENT

THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE JUWADI SRIDEVI

CRIMINAL REVISION CASE NO: 964 OF 2025

Criminal Revision Case filed under Section 438 and 442 of BNSS to set aside the Judgment dated 13.1 1.2025 made in Crl.M.P.No.5g3 of 2025 in Crl.tr/.P.No.259/2019 in F.No.lNV/DGGIIHZU/3STl16512018-19 on the file of the court of Special Judge for Economic Offences cases, Hyderabad Nampalty.

Between :

Sri Rahul Seth, S/o Ramesh Pukhraj Seth A

Rl/o FIat No. '104, 1rd floor, DV Colony, KIMS

Hyderabad, Telangana-500 003.

ged About 38 years,Occ Business

Hospital, P G road, Secunderabad,

...Accused/Petitioner

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... Co m pla in anURe s pon de nt

Counsel for the Petitioner : Sri Ravish Kedia Counsel for the Respondent : Dominic Fernandes (Senior Standing Counsel for CBIC)

The Court made the following : ORDER

Union of india, Rep. By Senior lntelligence Officer, Directorate General of Central Excise lntelligence. Hyderabad Zonal unit, D.No. 1-11-22414, Opp. HDFC Eank Begumpet, Hyderabad.

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IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TE- CNGANA

AT HYDERABAD

THE HON'BLE SMT. JUSTICE JUWADISIi DEVI

CRIMINAL REVISION CASE No.964 ot iit 25

17rH DEcEMBER,2o2s

Between:

Rahul Seth.

Petitioner

AND

Union of lndia

Rep. by Senior lntelligence Cfficer

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This criminal Revision case is filed by the petitioner accused seeking to set aside the order dated 13.11.202s passed by speci I Judge for trial of Economic offences cases, Hyderabad Nampally in crl.M 1,.No.593 of 202s in Crl.M P.No.259 of 2019 in F.No.tNV/DGGtiHZUlcSTt16S,i 01B_1g.

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Heard Sri Ravish Kedia, learned counse for petitioner, and Learned counsel representing sri Dominic Fernanor s, learned senior Standing Counsel for CBIC, for the respondent. perused t e record.

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Learned counser for the petitioner submits tt, t the petitioner was granted bail by the Special Judge for economic offences at Hyderabad vide M.P.No.259 of 2019 on 10.07.2019 and whire grantingy bail the triar court R

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directed the petitioner herein to execute a personal bond each of Rs.3'00,000/- with two sureties each for the like sum each to the satisfaction of this Court with condition to appear weekly before the complainant and to surrender passport. Accordingly, his passport was surrendered. The petitioner has filed an application for release of the passport for renewal and travel abroad for which the respondent did not file any counter and the court vide order dated 13.11.2025 partly allowed the application and imposed unilateral conditions directing return of the passport only for 3 months for the purpose of renewal only, upon executing of personal bond of Rs.50,000/- with one surety and further mandated to redeposit old and new passports before the court and on such redeposit the petitioner is entitled to take back the surety amount and the petition is dismissed in respect of permit to travel abroad without assigning any reasons. Aggrieved by the said order, the petitioner approached this court and prayed to allow the revision by setting aside the said order.

4.LearnedStandingcounselforrespondentsubmitsthatthisorder is passed in pursuance of the bail order dated 10 07'20'19 in M.P.No.259/2019. The petitioner ought to have challenged the condition of deposit of the passport imposed by the court in the bail order instead of filing an application for release of the passport for renewal and for travelling abroad.

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ln view of the said submission, learned counsel for the petitioner seeks to withdraw the revision case and intends to challenge the condition of deposit of the passport imposed by the Court in the bail order'

Permission is accorded

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Accordingly, the criminal revision case is dismr: sed as withdrawn with liberty to challenge the condition of deposit of the par sport imposed by the Court in the bail order Pending miscellaneous applications, if any, shal itand closed.

SD/. P. CH. I'AGABHUSHAMBA

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To,

1. The Special Judge for Economic Offences cases, Hyder I rad Nampally.

2. One CC to Sri Ravish Kedia, Advocate [OPUC]

3. One CC to Sri Dominic Fernandes (senior standing cours :l for CBIC) Advocate [OPUC]

4. Two CD Copies

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DATED:1711212025