Rahul Mahajan moves court for release of passport for honeymoon

Rahul Mahajan is putting final touches to his plans to get married on a reality show. On Friday, he moved a court to get his passport back for his honeymoon getaway to Maldives and Ireland next week.

Rahul, son of late senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Pramod Mahajan, in his application, moved through counsel Sanjeev Kumar, said he plans to 'go to Maldives and Ireland for his honeymoon on March 9 and stay there till March 30'.

Rahul is getting married on NDTV's reality show Rahul Dulhaniya Le Jayega on Saturday.

Rahul's passport is under court custody since his involvement in a drug abuse case in 2006. As per the orders he cannot leave the country without the court's permission.

The court will consider Rahul's application on Monday.

Rahul and his father's secretary Vivek Moitra were admitted to the Apollo hospital in New Delhi in the early hours of June 2, 2006, after allegedly consuming contraband drugs with alcohol at Pramod Mahajan's official residence at Safdarjung Road. Moitra died in the hospital.

Rahul was let off drug trafficking charges, which entail harsher punishment, and was booked for consumption of banned drugs.