Rahul Mahajan, who got married in a television show last week, was today allowed by a Delhi court to get back his
passport to visit the Maldives for honeymoon.
The court asked him to furnish a fixed deposit of Rs 5 lakhs and a personal bond of same amount for the release of
his passport, which was deposited while he was granted bail in a pending drug abuse case against him.
Additional Sessions Judge J P S Malik, who allowed his plea, directed Rahul to give an undertaking that he will not
indulge in any type of shooting during his honeymoon period from March 9 to 30.
Further, the court
directed him that he has to get his marriage registered under the Hindu Marriage Act. Mahajan's counsel told the
court that the marriage was performed by observing the law which involved saptapadi (walking seven steps together
around the ceremonial fire).
35-year-old Mahajan, son of slain BJP leader Pramod Mahajan, got married on Saturday to 21-year-old Dimpy
Ganguly, a model and dancer, during the TV reality show Rahul Dulhaniya Le Jayega.
He had earlier been granted permission by the court to visit Seychelles islands for honeymoon between August 30,
2006 to September 11, 2006 after his first marriage to Shweta Singh, a former pilot. They got divorced in August,
2008.
Mahajan, who was arrested on June 5, 2006 under various provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic
Substances Act, has been on bail in the case since June 14 that year.
The trial in the drug abuse case against Mahajan and others is yet to start as the records are with the Delhi High
court which is hearing various revision petitions against framing of charges under the NDPS Act.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 13:59 IST