Bail—Surrender of Passport—While granting bail or anticipatory bail, Criminal Court have to take extreme care in imposing such condition—It cannot mechanically, and in every case where an accused has a passport impose a condition for its surrender. Passport—Impounding of Passport—Police may have power to seize a passport but it does not have power to retain or impound the same, because that can only be done by the passport authority

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