New Delhi, A Delhi court docket on Wednesday allowed Hyderabad businessman P Sarath Chandra Reddy, going through a corruption case linked to the Delhi Excise Coverage of 2021-22, to journey overseas and mentioned it was a “valuable right”.
Excise coverage case: Delhi court docket permits accused businessman to journey overseas, says ‘helpful proper’
Particular Choose Kaveri Baweja Reddy allowed Reddy to journey to Dubai and the US between November 7 and 30, 2024, for enterprise functions, noting the CBI had not claimed any non-cooperation.
“The right to travel abroad of any person is a valuable right as it emanates from the fundamental right to life and liberty as guaranteed by Article 21 of the Constitution of India,” the choose wrote in her order.
The court docket famous the proper to journey was accessible to accused individuals and could not be “absolutely curtailed or taken away” though topic to affordable circumstances.
Reddy was noticed to be a everlasting resident of Hyderabad, Telangana who lived there together with his household in addition to having a widespread companies in India and overseas.
“Even otherwise, there was no reason to presume or infer that he will not return to India,” the choose mentioned, including data didn’t present that he had ever violated any of the bail circumstances beforehand imposed on him.
Reddy was accordingly directed by the court docket to not enter into any transaction with respect to sale, lease, mortgage, switch or relinquishment, and many others., of his pursuits in immovable or movable properties like shares and securities, and many others., with out its permission.
The choose additional directed him to not apply for the citizenship of every other nation or to surrender his Indian citizenship through the interval with out court docket’s permission.
The CBI had opposed the applying, arguing Reddy might be a flight threat and never flip up through the trial, if allowed to go away the nation.
The court docket had beforehand allowed Reddy to show approver in a related cash laundering case investigated by the ED.
Based on the central probe businesses, Reddy was the pinnacle of Hyderabad-based Aurobindo Pharma and concerned in a liquor enterprise.