SC allows Pak doc Chisti to go home, return Nov 1
May 10, 2012  12:11

The Supreme Court has allowed the Pakistani microbiologist Mohammed Khalil Chisti to go home after depositing Rs 5 lakh.

Dr Chisti has to also deposit his passport to the Indian embassy in Karachi and has to return to India by November 1.

The 82-year-old Pakistani was awarded life term in a 20-year-old murder case, can visit his country temporarily. The SC granted permission on humanitarian grounds.

The Bench said Chishti was an eminent scientist of global repute and is 82 year old with no previous criminal record and the issues involved are the bilateral relations between the two countries.

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