Chandigarh, April 4 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has allowed retired Punjab deputy superintendent of police (DSP) Raka Ghirra, convicted in a 2011 corruption case, to travel abroad for a month.

The bench of justice Aman Chaudhary passed the order on a plea from Ghirra, in which she had pleaded that she be allowed to visit Spain, Switzerland and Czechia for a period of one month from April 10, her lawyer Nikhil Ghai said.

She was convicted by a CBI special court in February 2024 and found guilty under Sections 7, 13 (1) (d) and 13 (2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act. She was awarded six-year jail. Subsequently, the sentence was suspended by the high court in July 2024.

In 2011, Ghirra, 61, was arrested by the CBI from her re...