Special CBI Judge Kanwaljeet Arora allowed the fresh bail plea of accused Shiv Kumar Sharma and asked him to furnish a personal and one surety bond of Rs two lakh each as a precondition for his release.
The judge imposed various conditions on Sharma such as he will not "influence" or "threaten" the witnesses and "will also not leave the territory of Delhi without permission of the court."
Sharma, the then employee of Punjab Agricultural University, and three others are facing trial for their alleged role in trafficking nine persons to Germany in 2005.
"Till the time statement of these two witnesses PW Raj Kumar and Hargulab Singh are recorded, he shall not go back to Ludhiana, where these two witnesses reside, and shall continue to reside at his premises here..." the court said. (more)