Uttarakhand High Court
Nitin Kumar vs State Of Uttarakhand & Another on 22 July, 2026
Author: Manoj Kumar Tiwari
Bench: Manoj Kumar Tiwari
UKHC010127182026
2026:UHC:6173
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Date or directions COURT'S OR JUDGE'S ORDERS
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and Registrar's
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Signatures
WPMS/2188/2026
Nitin Kumar --Petitioner
Versus
State of Uttarakhand & Another --Respondents
Hon'ble Manoj Kumar Tiwari, J.
Mr. M.S. Bhandari, Advocate, for
the petitioner.
Mr. Ghanshyam Joshi, Additional
CSC, with Mr. Akshit Gurrani, Brief Holder,
for the State.
Mr. Pankaj Chaturvedi, Central
Govt. Standing Counsel, for the respondent
no. 2.
(2) Petitioner applied for issuance of
passport. Regional Passport Officer, upon
receiving an adverse police report that
petitioner has been convicted of offences
punishable under Section 395, 397, 342
and 412 IPC, issued notice to petitioner.
Petitioner gave reply to the notice, however
final decision has not been taken by the
Regional Passport Officer.
(3) Having regard to the facts of the
case, writ petition is disposed of with a
direction to Regional Passport Officer to
take decision on petitioner’s application for
issuance of passport, as per law, within two
weeks from the date of presentation of
certified copy of this order.
(Manoj Kumar Tiwari, J.)
22.7.2026
Pr PRABODH KUMAR
Digitally signed by PRABODH KUMAR
DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, ou=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND,
2.5.4.20=3a082a00a95aff911a9559743af8f21c50602ff6eae4e61af3aeab198d462503, postalCode=263001,
st=UTTARAKHAND,
serialNumber=0DC111E8D8CA66E16B940EFDF806ACCC1AB588052DF6FCA58C67F3C91957BE53,
cn=PRABODH KUMAR
Date: 2026.07.22 18:32:39 +05’30’
UKHC010127182026
2026:UHC:6173
