Overview
- The order restricts him from entering Chhattisgarh except for court hearings, requires passport deposit and disclosure of residence and contact, and forbids influencing witnesses or foreign travel.
- Permission to attend Assembly proceedings was not granted, with any decision on participation left to the Speaker after charge-sheeting or cognizance.
- Probes by the Enforcement Directorate and the state EOW/ACB continue, with plans to examine about 865 witnesses in the EOW case and 117 in the ED case.
- The bench cited Article 21 concerns over indefinite incarceration and clarified that lawful challenges to cognizance orders cannot be treated as delay.
- Arrested by the ED on January 15, 2025 and by the EOW on April 2, 2025, Lakhma was released from Raipur jail on February 4 as Congress supporters gathered outside.