Court grants bail to Jindal's advisor, others

New Delhi, May 25 : A court here on Thursday granted regular bail to five persons, including Jindal Steel's advisor Anand Goel, in a coal block allocation case against former Congress MP Naveen Jindal and others.

Special Judge Bharat Parashar also granted bail to then JSPL's Deputy Manager (Finance) Siddharth Madra, Deputy General Manager Rajeev Aggarwal, Director (Finance) Sushil Kumar Maroo and Nihar Stocks Limited Director B.S.N. Suryanarayan.

The court has directed the accused persons not to tamper with evidence, nor to influence witnesses.