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MUMBAI: Observing that the fundamental right to personal liberty includes within its ambit the right to go abroad and no person can be deprived of his right except according to procedure prescribed by law, a special NDPS court directed the NCB to return celebrity manager Karishma Prakash’s passport three years after it was seized from her even though she was not named an accused in the drugs case probed following the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput.
“In the present matter from the appreciation of material on record it appears that, respondent (NCB) has not followed procedure according to the law for retention of the passport,” special judge KP Kshirsagar said.
In March, observing that Prakash was not an accused in the case until then, the judge had said she had the right to get her passport renewed. Prakash was investigated but no chargesheet was submitted against her.
“In the present matter from the appreciation of material on record it appears that, respondent (NCB) has not followed procedure according to the law for retention of the passport,” special judge KP Kshirsagar said.
In March, observing that Prakash was not an accused in the case until then, the judge had said she had the right to get her passport renewed. Prakash was investigated but no chargesheet was submitted against her.
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