Bharat Shah gets bail after 15 months

new delhi: supreme court on wednesday granted bail to diamond-merchant and film producer bharat shah who was arrested on january 8 last year under maharashtra control of organised crime act (mcoca) for his alleged links with under-world mafia don chota shakeel. allowing shah''s appeal against bombay high court order refusing him bail, a bench comprising justice m b shah and justice b p singh asked him to furnish a bail-bond of rs one lakh and two sureities of the like amount.the court also directed shah to surrender his mobile phone to investigating agencies and ruled that his passport which has been surrendered to the trial court shall not be released without court''s permission. ordering expedious trial in the case, the bench said the trial court will proceed with the matter uninflunced by any order passed previously by the high court. they also directed shah to appear before the court on every date of hearing of the case unless exempted by the court.