Seesa Santosh vs State of Telangana 2026 INSC 628 - Accused's Right To Travel Abroad vs Complainant 's Speedy Trial Right - Societal Interest

Constitution of India — Article 21 — Right to personal liberty and to travel abroad vis-à-vis right to speedy trial and societal interest in criminal justice — The right to travel abroad forms part of personal liberty under Article 21 but is not absolute; it must be balanced against the complainant’s right to a speedy trial and the larger societal interest in effective administration of criminal justice; — (Paras 8, 9, 10) [Context: The Supreme Court set aside the Telangana High Court’s order that had permitted accused to travel to the USA and restored the Magistrate’s order which declined to treat release of the passport as permission to go abroad. ]