India, May 2 -- The Bombay High Court (HC) has granted bail to a customs officer arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in January in a bribery case. The court observed that the officer, Vineet Dhattarwal, was in jail for around two months, and further detention was not warranted since the investigation had concluded.

Dhattarwal was accused of demanding a bribe of Rs.4 lakh, which was reduced to Rs.2.5 lakh after negotiations, to clear a Gujarat-based firm's import consignment. The CBI's Mumbai unit arrested him on January 7. A court in Alibag had rejected his bail plea on January 16.

Granting Dhattarwal bail, a single-judge bench of justice NR Borkar said, "The applicant is in jail for about two months. As the investigat...