India, June 14 -- A special CBI court has granted bail to Charan Pratap Singh, deputy registrar of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), Mumbai bench, who was arrested in a Rs.3 lakh bribery case linked to a long-pending ownership dispute.

Singh was taken into custody after he allegedly demanded Rs.3.5 lakh-later negotiated down to Rs.3 lakh-from a hotel owner in exchange for influencing the outcome of proceedings before an NCLT bench in the complainant's favour. The case involving the hotel, entangled in a dispute with the owner's brothers, has been pending since November 2020.

According to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Singh had instructed the complainant to hand over the bribe amount to his associate, Karsan Ganesh A...