Jessica case: Ramani allowed to go abroad

Delhi Police had issued lookout notices on March 14 against all the eyewitnesses in the case.

The Delhi High Court on Friday allowed entrepreneur Bina Ramani, a key witness in a case relating to the 1999 murder of model Jessica Lall, to go abroad.

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A division bench comprising Justice Manmohan Sarin and Justice Manju Goel directed Bina Ramani to submit a draft for Rs 500,000 to the High Court registry as a personal bond for her promise to return to the country by April 3.

The bench also directed Ramani's husband George Mailhot and her daughter Malini Ramani, a fashion designer, to submit their passports to Delhi Police as a security to ensure the return of Bina Ramani.

Jessica Lall was shot dead in April 1999 in Tamarind Court, a posh south Delhi restaurant run by Bina Ramani.

Delhi Police had issued lookout notices on March 14 against all the eyewitnesses in the case - Bina, her husband George Mailhot and Malini.