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Hi Omega3,
Corrected below , since you want the HANS as well:

Code:

awk '/HANS/{A[1]=$0 ;for(i=2;i<5;i++){getline;A[i]=$0}}END{for(i=1;i<5;i++){printf "%s\n",A[i]}}'  file

Code:

HANS
        NATIONALITY: GERMAN
        OCCUPATION : ENGINEER
        AGE                : 29

Enjoy..

---------- Post updated at 04:24 PM ---------- Previous update was at 03:16 PM ----------

Since no one mentioned with sed:
Here you go with sed:

Code:

sed -n '/HANS/{N;N;N;p;}' file

Code:

HANS
        NATIONALITY: GERMAN
        OCCUPATION : ENGINEER
        AGE                : 29

Enjoy..

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