LOC Can’t Be Issued In Routine Manner, Mere Suspicion Of Not Returning To India After Travel No Basis To Deny Permission To Travel Abroad: Delhi HC

Nupur Thapliyal

15 Feb 2023 2:58 PM IST

  • LOC Can’t Be Issued In Routine Manner, Mere Suspicion Of Not Returning To India After Travel No Basis To Deny Permission To Travel Abroad: Delhi HC

    The Delhi High Court has observed that mere suspicion of an accused not returning to India, when the liberty granted to travel abroad has never been misused on earlier occasions, cannot be a basis to deny permission to travel abroad.Justice Rajnish Bhatnagar said that the issuance of a look out circular (LOC) is a coercive measure “aimed at ensuring that an accused appears before...

    Nupur Thapliyal

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    Nupur Thapliyal is a Principal Correspondent with LiveLaw, based in New Delhi. She reports from the Delhi High Court and trial courts in the national capital

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