The New Zealand businessman facing charges of plotting to kill Fiji's military leaders has been set free.
The judgement comes a year after Ballu Khan was beaten and arrested at his home in Suva.
In between, he was out of bail but unable to leave the country, facing three counts of conspiracy to kill.
The Fiji High Court has set him free and ordered that his passport be handed back.
The charges relate to allegations that he conspired to assassinate coup leader and self appointed Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama and senior members of his interim cabinet.
Justice Andrew Bruce said the way the police and the military treated Khan showed his personal liberty was violated.
He suffered serious injuries after being assaulted by soldier and was prevented from leaving Fiji since his arrest last November.
A pre-trial conference was set down for November 27.
Ever the businessman, Khan celebrated his freedom with a handshake.
"I'm a free man as far as the court is concerned, there's no other action against me, so I should have my liberties and my constitutional freedom," he says.
Kahn was elated, but remained concerned for his co-accused.
"It's been a pretty tough twelve months and it's a huge relief. But
also with a tinge of sadness because the other co-accused have got
some further hurdles to go through."
Khan was one of 10 accused of conspiring to murder Bainimarama and
his top officials - the other nine will still face trial.
There are still outstanding matters, however. Peter Williams QC, Khan's lawyer, says he will be asking for compensation and regard after the severe beating his client received at the hands of the police.
Khan, a New Zealand citizen with business interests in Fiji, has always maintained his arrest was the result of his business rivals' influence on the military.
He may be free to leave, but concern is growing over Fiji's military regime, and its crack-down on freedom, even as it defers any relaxation of the current military leadership.
Two of its leading newspaper publishers have been deported to Australia, while others face jail on contempt charges.
And Fiji's ousted leader, Laisenia Qarase has announced he will appeal against a recent High Court decision that found Bainimarama's 2006 military coup was legal.
He does not intend to extend his stay in the South Pacific nation much longer, though. "Right now, Fiji's not a place for me to live in as far as I'm concerned."
He plans to leave as soon as possible to visit his sick mother in Australia , then proceed to New Zealand for medical treatment.
