Lucknow:
The Allahabad High Court has ruled that an accused who has been granted bail does not have the inherent right to take permission to travel abroad to participate in a relative’s wedding and holiday journey.
The Lucknow bench of the court said that the wedding of a relative is not considered an essential reason for an undertrial accused to travel abroad and for another country to travel internationally.
Justice Subhash Vidyarthi ruled, while dismissing a petition filed by Shri Ram Murti Memorial Institute of Medical Sciences, Bareilly, Aditya Murti. Murti sought permission to visit the United States for France for the wedding of her relative and later, from 3 to 22 May.
The bench clarified, “An accused person who has been extended on bail may be allowed to travel abroad for some pressure requirements such as medical treatment, participating in the necessary official duties and thus,” saying that a relative does not require a pressure from attending the wedding.
In addition, the court addressed the petitioner’s argument that he was previously allowed to travel abroad for non-necessary objectives. “Just because the trial court allowed the first applicant to travel abroad for non-necessary goods on several occasions, they do not get the right to travel abroad for non-necessary goods this time, when the test has reached the stage of defense evidence,” said this.
Murti challenged a special CBI court’s order of April 24 that rejected his application for foreign travel. Murti has been facing trial in a CBI case for more than a decade and even the Supreme Court had directed the trial court to expedite the proceedings, which are currently on the Defense-Awenue Stage.
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