New Delhi, Sept. 24 -- A Delhi court on Thursday allowed US national Matthew Aaron VanDyke and six Ukrainian nationals to travel back to their home countries, two weeks after the NIA charged them only with immigration offences, leaving out the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, under which they were investigated, sources confirmed.

The order was passed by Special Judge Prashant Sharma of Rouse Avenue Courts, allowing applications moved by VanDyke and others, through advocates Rohit Dandriyal and Rohit Gour, seeking release of their passports and permission to travel to the US and Ukraine.

The development comes after a Delhi court on Wednesday granted default bail to the six Ukrainian nationals and last week to Matthew Aaron VanDyke, ...