Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: modification of bail condition; surrender of passport; passport kept in abeyance; Regional Passport Office Bhubaneswar; no foreign travel without trial Court permission; appearance on each date of posting; BLAPL; State of Odisha; Jagatsinghpur PS; petitioner in custody despite bail granted. Relevant to practitioners seeking modification of passport-surrender bail conditions where the passport was never seized or cannot be produced, showing substitution of an RPO abeyance request plus attendance condition for physical surrender.
What did the court decide?
IA No. 214 of 2026 disposed of by modifying the bail conditions: Regional Passport Office, Bhubaneswar to be asked to confirm issuance of passports Nos. T2373222 and R3041769 to the petitioners and, if so, to keep them in abeyance till disposal of the case; petitioners to appear before the Court on each date of posting without fail unless permitted otherwise; rest of the bail order dated 09.03.2026 to remain unaltered.