Bilaspur, Aug. 2 -- Two Kerala-based nuns arrested earlier in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, on charges of human trafficking have been granted bail by a local court, their legal counsel confirmed on Saturday.

The case was filed under Section 143 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and Section 3 of The Orissa Freedom Of Religion Act, 1967.

Advocate Gopa Kumar, representing the nuns, told ANI, "A case of human trafficking was registered under BNS section 143. We argued that this section cannot be applied to the case. So the court has granted bail today. They cannot go out of India and a bail bond of Rs 50000 each needs to be furnished. The bail will be granted in a few hours."

An advocate representing the National Investigation Agency (NIA), w...