India, Feb. 12 -- Days after 25-year-old Kamal Dhyani fell into a pit in Delhi's Janakpuri, his grieving parents sit in a corner of their home, their sorrow deepened after a Delhi court on Wednesday granted anticipatory bail to the two accused contractors.

On the intervening night of February 5 and 6, Kamal, a bank employee, fell into a nearly 15-foot-deep pit allegedly dug by the Delhi Jal Board in west Delhi's Janakpuri. His family has alleged that there were no adequate safety measures around the site.

A Delhi court granted interim protection from arrest to the two contractors, Himanshu Gupta and Kavish Gupta, against whom arrest warrants had earlier been issued, and directed Delhi Police to file a detailed status report in connectio...