India, Aug. 2 -- In a significant update in the case involving the arrest of two Kerala nuns, a special court in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, on Saturday granted bail to three persons, including the two nuns, who were booked on charges of human trafficking and forced religious conversion.

Amrito Das, the lawyer for the nuns, said, "The judge granted bail observing there was no need to keep them in custody."

Earlier, the principal district and session Judge (NIA court), Sirajuddin Qureshi, had reserved the order on their bail pleas after a hearing on Friday. Conditional bail was granted to three people in the case, defence lawyer Amrito Das said, according to a report by PTI.

Talking to PTI, petitioner's advocate B Gopakumar also said some b...