PRAYAGRAJ, Nov. 5 -- The Allahabad high court has observed that if a competent court grants a no-objection certificate (NoC) or permission for travelling abroad to a person accused in a criminal case, without specifying the duration for which the passport may be issued, the passport authority is justified in granting a passport valid for only one year. The bench comprising Justice Ajit Kumar and Justice Swarupama Chaturvedi recently observed so while disposing of a plea seeking reissuance of a 10-year passport based on an NoC granted by the chief judicial magistrate, Pilibhit. A criminal case under Section 447 of the IPC and Section 3 of the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act, 1984 was pending against the petitioner, Rahimuddin. P2...