India, March 28 -- A Delhi court on Saturday granted bail to Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Ahmed Shah in a money laundering case, paving the way for his release from prison.

Special judge Prashant Sharma of Patiala House Courts passed the order saying the Supreme Court had already granted Shah bail on March 12 in the predicate offence of terror funding. He observed that this was a material fact in Shah's favour.

The judge said that necessary bail conditions would be imposed to ensure that the accused neither flees justice nor influences witnesses. "...[Shah] is granted bail on furnishing of personal bond/surety bond of Rs.one lakh each with two sureties [out of which, one should be a local surety of Delhi]...," the trial court said....