He had asked for return of his passport and permission to travel abroad
Likelihood of him fleeing from justice, hampering the process of trial: CBI
CHENNAI: The Madras High Court has rejected the plea of a retired Deputy Inspector-General of Police, A.P. Mohamed Ali, for return of his passport and permission to travel abroad.
Mr. Ali, an accused in the multi-crore fake stamp paper case here, first moved the Additional Special Court for CBI Cases for a direction to return his passport and visit his daughter in Saudi Arabia. On November 20, 2006, the court dismissed his petition, after the CBI informed it that there was a “likelihood of him fleeing from justice, hampering the process of trial.”
In the present revision petition, Mr. Ali said the Special Court had erred in passing the impugned order and that merely because he was arraigned as an accused in a case did not mean that he had committed any offence.
N. Chandrasekaran, counsel for the CBI, submitted that the other accused had spoken about the overt acts of Mr. Ali in the case and that he might not return if permitted to leave. In his order, Justice S. Palanivelu said, “Considering the gravity of the offence, the plea of the petitioner has to be turned down. If he goes to foreign countries, it would very much hamper the progress of the trial.”
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