HC orders passport renewal of 1993 blasts absconding accused's daughter

The Bombay High Court has ordered renewal of the passport of the daughter of an absconding accused of the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case.

A bench of justices R M Savant and Revati Mohite-Dere asked the government last week to renew the passport of absconding accused Salim Abdul Gani Gazi's daughter Sana Muzammil Majeed, without any "endorsements" restricting her movements.

The bench granted relief to Majeed rejecting the government's objections and ruling that it has found nothing "adverse against her, except the fact that she happens to be the daughter of an absconding accused."
Additional Solicitor General Anil Singh, who appeared for the passport authority, told the bench that restrictions had been imposed on Majeed keeping in mind the identity of her father, and some "intelligence inputs."