PANAJI, Sept. 6 -- The Goa trial court has allowed Sukhwinder Singh, the second accused in the murder of BJP leader and social media influencer Sonali Phogat, to travel abroad to celebrate his wife's birthday.

The court allowed Singh's application, but directed him to return to India and be present for the next date of the trial -- September 24.

Singh, who was the first accused to have been granted bail, was earlier directed by the court to surrender his passport before the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is investigating the case and not to travel abroad as one of the conditions of his bail.

Last month Singh had sought permission from the Panaji district and sessions court to travel to Indonesia for two weeks while also u...