Overview
- The Lucknow bench set aside a June trial-court refusal that had cited missing details on proposed travel.
- Justice Pankaj Bhatia directed the trial court to issue a No Objection Certificate and for the passport to be processed for the usual 10-year period.
- The court noted that her bail order contains no curb on foreign travel and found no material indicating she is a flight risk.
- The ruling relied on the Supreme Court’s 2025 Mahesh Kumar Agarwal decision clarifying that Section 6(2)(f) of the Passports Act is not an absolute bar.
- The bench allowed the prosecution to move for modification of bail conditions if it seeks to impose travel restrictions.