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How &quot;risky&quot; it is if I lose my passport? Will police investigate how I lost it?
<p>I have some stamps on my passport that are not really good, and I don't want any of my family members to see it.</p>
<p>Now, if I lose my passport somehow, and apply for a new passport, would I get a clean passport, without any travel history on it?</p>
<p>Would police investigate if passport is actually lost, or is it carelessness or other reason for its loss?</p>
<p>Any other thing I should worry about if I take this route?</p>

<h2>Losing your passport is fine, happens all the time</h2>
<p><strong>But that’s not what you are talking about, is it?</strong></p>
<p>You’re intending to deliberately destroy it.</p>
<p>While destroying a passport is not a specific offence under the <a href="https://passportindia.gov.in/AppOnlineProject/online/PassportAct" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Act or the Rules</a>, your proposed course of action is still illegal.</p>
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<li>The passport doesn’t belong to you. It belongs to India and deliberately destroying other people’s stuff is illegal.</li>
<li>To get a new passport you would necessarily be lying and giving false information on a passport application <em>is</em> an offence.</li>
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<p>Of course, one wonders why your family are looking at your passport; just don’t show it to them.</p>
