New Delhi, May 4 -- A Rouse Avenue court on Monday granted bail to accused Bharat Mathur in a bribery case of Rs 2.5 lakh.

Mathur is a senior executive of a major corporate group. He was arrested along with Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) deputy DG Mudavath Devula by the CBI on April 19.

Special Judge Chhavi Kapoor granted bail to Bharat Mathur after hearing the submissions of counsel for Bharat Mathur and the investigation officer (IO) of the case and noting that he had been interrogated for 5 days and he has no previous criminal antecedents.

He has been granted bail on a bond of Rs 1 lakh and one surety in the like amount.

Advocate Ashish Batra, counsel for Bharat Mathur, submitted that his mobile phone and other electr...