Pinakin Kantilal Patel v. Dy. Comm. Of Income Tax & Anr

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAYCRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTIONCRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 1144 OF 2017 INCRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 614 OF 2011 Pinakin Kantilal Patel Versus Dy. Comm. Of Income Tax & Anr. ...Applicant ...Respondents Mr. Ganesh Bhujbal for the Applicant Mr. Suresh Kumar for the Respondent No.1 Mr. H. J. Dedhia, A.P.P for the Respondent No.2-State CORAM : REVATI MOHITE DERE, J. FRIDAY, 5th JANUARY, 2018 P.C.: 1 Heard learned counsel for the parties. 2By this application, the applicant seeks permission to travelabroad for work related visits and to attend various exhibitions, i.e. inJanuary, March, April, October, November, 2018 and January, March, Apriland August, 2019. The applicant has, in para 8 of the application, set out the period (dates) when he intends to travel abroad for work and forattending exhibitions i.e. in January, March, April, October, November,2018 and January, March, April and August, 2019. 3Learned counsel for the applicant states that the applicant is an Architect by profession and is required to travel abroad frequently inconnection with his work. He submits that even on earlier occasions, theapplicant has been permitted to travel abroad and that the applicant has notmisused the liberty granted to him. Learned counsel appearing for therespondent No.1 does not dispute the same. 4Accordingly, the application is allowed in terms of prayerclause (a). 5The applicant is directed to give his itinerary to the respondentNo.1, whenever he leaves the country and shall inform the authorities onhis arrival. 6Application is allowed on the aforesaid terms. REVATI MOHITE DERE, J.