Ahmedabad, Nov 17: A local court today rejected the plea for modification of anticipatory bail conditions of prominent danseuse Mallika Sarabhai, accused in an alleged visa racket. Additional City and Sessions Judge P B Desai, who pronounced the verdict on the application filed by the dancer, granted her permission to move around in Gujarat freely but told her to inform the court prior to leaving the state for cultural programmes. Earlier, Sarabhai, who was granted anticipatory bail on October 29, was through an interim order, permitted to go to Mumbai from November 12 to 14 to attend programmes. The court also observed that the applicant is "well aware" of her travel commitment and can seek appropriate relief from the court which can be considered on merit as and when such a question arose. Police had registered an offence against the dancer, another co-accused, Darpana academy of performing arts and its employees under sections 420 and 409 following a complaint by one Manushi shah, who alleged that the danseuse had defrauded her of a sum repayable as cancellation of cultural tour to the us.
Bureau Report