India, April 16 -- The Bombay high court on Tuesday granted bail to a 23-year-old man accused of leaking information regarding ships and submarines docked at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai for repairs. A single-judge bench of justice Milind Jadhav granted bail to the accused, Gaurav Patil, on grounds of his long pre-trial incarceration spanning a year and four months and bright career prospects.

Patil, a graduate of Industrial Training Institute, Jalgaon, had joined the Naval Dockyard as an apprentice in November 2022 for a year. In May 2023, he was honey-trapped by Pakistani intelligence officers operating under the aliases 'Arati Sharma' and 'Payal Angel'. The duo contacted Patil over Facebook and WhatsApp, claiming they worked with a sh...