Overview
- Justice Sachin Datta set aside the 2019-lookout notices on Prannoy and Radhika Roy, with relief contingent on their cooperation with investigators as the written order is awaited.
- The Roys must give an undertaking to appear when required and fully assist the inquiry, according to the court’s directions reported by The Indian Express.
- The circulars stemmed from CBI FIRs filed in 2017 and 2019, of which the 2017 case was closed and its closure report accepted in January 2025.
- The 2019 FIR remains under investigation with no chargesheet filed to date, a factor the court noted while weighing the restriction on the right to travel.
- Earlier hearings recorded the couple’s compliance with summons, and the judge characterized the prolonged restrictions as disproportionate and arbitrary under Article 21.