Petro-gate: Jubilant Energy exec gets bail

Jubilant Energy’s official Subhash Chandra, who along with 12 others has been charge sheeted in the Petroleum ministry documents leak case, was on Thursday granted conditional bail by a Delhi court. The court allowed his bail plea on furnishing of personal bond of Rs two lakh and a surety of like amount.

Additional Sessions Judge Raj Kapoor, while enlarging him on bail, imposed several conditions on Chandra including that he should not tamper with evidence and influence witnesses. Chandra is the first person among the 13 accused to get bail in the case. Earlier, Chandra’s counsel had sought bail on the ground that as per the charge sheet, no secret documents have been recovered from the possession of his client, who has been in custody for over two months.