Justice Mridula Bhatkar allowed the petition filed by Pancholi seeking return of his passport seized by the investigating agency as per high court order of July 1, 2013 while granting him bail.
Pancholi, in his petition, had said before travelling abroad that he would seek permission from the trial court.
"The court is allowing the petition. However, the accused applicant (Pancholi) will have to give an undertaking to the trial court that he will produce the original passport as and when required by the trial court. An undertaking shall also be given to the trial court that the accused applicant shall remain present during the trial. A photocopy of the passport shall be given to the CBI," Justice Bhatkar said.
CBI counsel Hiten Venegaonkar opposed giving the passport permanently to the accused and said the agency will hand over it to the trial court and every time the accused wants to travel, he can take it from the trial court and return it.
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The court, however, refused to accept this condition.
Jiah had allegedly committed suicide on June 3, 2013, after hanging herself from a ceiling fan in her suburban Juhu residence.
Jiah's mother Rabiya petitioned the high court seeking probe by an independent agency under supervision of the court and alleged her daughter was murdered by Pancholi. Following this, the high court in July 2014 transferred probe in the case to CBI.
The agency, after investigation, submitted its charge sheet before a trial court here and charged Pancholi for abetment of suicide.
Rabiya again petitioned the high court against CBI categorising Jiah's death as suicide, and not homicide.