India, March 19 -- The Bombay High Court on Tuesday pulled up the Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO) for declining to process the exit permit of a US national accused of practising human sacrifice and black magic, despite a clear permission from the sessions court to allow him to travel abroad.

Directing the FRRO to process his exit permit within two days, a single-judge bench of justice NJ Jamadar questioned whether the investigating agency can be permitted to overreach the court's orders by filing an objection with the FRRO.

The US national, James Watson, was named as an accused by the Bhiwandi police last year for offences related to religious conversion and wrongful restraint of individuals under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanh...