Ernakulam: The Kerala High Court criticised a sessions judge for citing the examples of high-profile individuals like Vijay Mallya and Nirav Modi while dismissing a plea of an accused to travel abroad, saying it was unwarranted.

Justice VG Arun was hearing a plea filed by an accused in a Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act who was granted bail by the trial court but the trial court dismissed his plea seeking permission to leave the country and go abroad for employment and appear through his counsel.

The counsel representing the petitioner argued that his client had just crossed 18 years as on the date of commission........

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