https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=761205 A condition requiring prior trial-court permission for foreign travel was found unsustainable where the petitioner had remained on bail, travelled abroad earlier with permission, and had returned each time without misuse of liberty; the restriction was therefore set aside. The right to travel abroad was treated as a fundamental right that cannot be curtailed casually, and any limitation had to remain proportionate to securing attendance and conduct during trial. The direction to surrender the passport was also invalid because impounding of a passport is governed by the Passports Act, 1967, and not by the general power under Section 104 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; the petitioner was held not required to surrender the passport. en-us Wed, 23 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 01 Jul 2025 15:01:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=761205 A condition requiring prior trial-court permission for foreign travel was found unsustainable where the petitioner had remained on bail, travelled abroad earlier with permission, and had returned each time without misuse of liberty; the restriction was therefore set aside. The right to travel abroad was treated as a fundamental right that cannot be curtailed casually, and any limitation had to remain proportionate to securing attendance and conduct during trial. The direction to surrender the passport was also invalid because impounding of a passport is governed by the Passports Act, 1967, and not by the general power under Section 104 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; the petitioner was held not required to surrender the passport. Case-Laws GST Wed, 23 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=761205