Overview

• The court ordered the Narcotics Control Bureau to permanently hand back her passport and removed the need for prior trial-court permission for each foreign trip.
• Justice Neela Gokhale noted she had not breached bail conditions and had returned from earlier permitted travels, finding no reason to doubt her availability for trial.
• New conditions require advance submission of itinerary and accommodation details at least four days before travel, attendance on trial dates unless excused, keeping her phone reachable, and notifying authorities upon return.
• The NCB opposed the relaxation, arguing potential flight risk and warning against special treatment because of her celebrity status.
• Chakraborty marked the development with a social media post celebrating the document’s return, while the NDPS case with 33 accused remains pending and no charge has been framed against her yet.