According to the law, you are not allowed to travel to Germany without your passport. Foreign citizens are required to have a valid and approved travel document both to enter and to stay in Germany (AufenthG § 3). In your case as an Indian citizen, only passport is an approved travel document and a copy does not suffice.
In practice, there are no regular id checks on the French/German border and unless the bus company requires you to present a valid id document, no-one will likely notice that you don’t have your passport with you.
Credit:stackoverflow.com‘
4 Mar, 2024
4 Mar, 2024