Salman Khan to pay Rs 2 lakh as foreign travel security

MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court has asked actor Salman Khan to pay a cash security of Rs 2 lakh before flying out to Dubai. The court allowed him to travel abroad for a performance based on certain conditions, which also included providing details of his travel itinerary and the place where he will stay in Dubai.
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The actor’s plea was listed at serial number 13 before vacation judge Justice Shalini Phansalkar Joshi, who heard Khan’s counsel Niranjan Mundergi and Anuradha Mane for the prosecution.Mundergi said Khan had a professional commitment for which he wished to travel for only three days, including both travel days, starting May 27, for an event called the UAE Indo-Bollywood award function to be held on May 29. He said the actor had voluntarily deposited his passport with the police and would do so again on his return. He pointed to an earlier HC order which said he was at liberty to seek permission to travel while on bail. The HC judge Justice Abhay Thipsay while admitting his appeal against conviction, had then also said that “liberty (to seek permission to travel) has not been taken away.”
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Mane said the actor must report his presence at the consulate in Dubai on his arrival there and also prior to his departure. The judge also directed Khan to return his passport to the cops within 12 hours of coming back to Mumbai and inform the high court that he has returned.
“Bearing in mind that Khan is willing to abide by conditions, he is allowed to travel to Dubai from May 27 for his performance on May 29 in Dubai for the award function,” said Justice Phansalkar Joshi. She imposed the condition that he should give an undertaking that he will abide by conditions imposed.
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