Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Mar 16: Special Judge Anticorruption Srinagar CL Bavoria has rejected the plea of Parvez Ahmad Nengroo, former Chairman Jammu & Kashmir Bank seeking release of his passport which was surrendered by him before ACB as condition of bail.
The release of passport has been sought on the grounds that the applicant has strictly adhered to the terms and conditions of the bail order and shall continue to do so. The children of the applicant are at the crucial stages of their educational career and the passport of the parents is an important document for their children to demonstrate before the concerned authorities during pursuing any educational or professional career.
It was submitted that in the absence of his passport they are facing a lot of hardships, discomfort and displeasure and its continuous retention is going to detrimentally effect the education career of his children.
After hearing both the sides, the court observed, “the applicant is one of the main accused in case FIR No. 10/2019 for offence under Section 5(2) of Prevention of Corruption Act. The case pending disposal before this court has been fixed on 09-04-2022 for arguments on charge/discharge of the accused”.
“The passport of the applicant has been retained while admitted the accused/applicant to bail as per the condition laid down there in the bail order that he will surrender the passport before this court, is not in dispute. The charge sheet reflects that applicant/accused along-with other officials in hierarchy in the concerned bank allegedly misused their official position with the nefarious design to cause wrongful gain to themselves and loss to the concerned bank, have made recruitments of blue eyed persons, kith’s and kins of politicians, bureaucrats and other influential persons as Banking Associates and Assistant Banking Attendants in J&K Bank, by back door appointment in complete disregard to recruitment process and rules governing such recruitment”, the court further observed.
“The applicant has sought the release of the passport on the sole ground that the children of the applicant are at the crucial stage of their education career and they require the passport details of his father during pursuing their educational or professional career. The ground pleaded is evasive and not specific. Such a ground is not convincing in absence of any specific pleading to disclose as to when and where the passport of the applicant is required by the children of the applicant”, the court further said, adding “there is no merit in the application as such the same is dismissed”.
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