India, Sept. 16 -- The Bombay High Court on Monday granted anticipatory bail to three suspended Government Railway Police (GRP) personnel accused of threatening and extorting Rs.30,000 from a jeweller and his daughter at Mumbai Central railway station last month.

Justice Nitin R Borkar, while hearing the plea of officers Rahul Bhosale, Lalit Jagtap, and Anil Rathod, accepted their counsel Aniket Nikam's contention that the allegations in the complaint against them were "over-exaggerated."

The court ordered that, in the event of arrest, the trio should be released on personal bonds of Rs.25,000 each. They have also been directed not to contact witnesses and to cooperate with the investigating officer this week.

The FIR was registered ba...