An Esplanade magistrate court on Wednesday granted bail to lieutenant colonel Jagmohan Balbir Singh, who was arrested on the charge of child pornography.
Singh's lawyer, Dilip Bagwe, argued that since Singh's computer hard disks were seized, there was no question of tampering with the evidence. He also claimed that Singh won't run away as then he would face court-martial. Bagwe assured the court that his client would cooperate with the court.
The court granted Singh bail on a personal bond of Rs25,000 and ordered him to present himself to the police every alternate day.
The police had sought extension of Singh's police custody stating that forensic reports of the hard disks were still awaited. They said they were also waiting for the details of his credit card transactions and mobile phone bill.However, the court granted him bail citing that probe in the case was over.
Officers of the cyber crime investigation cell had arrested Singh Mumbai on May 6. He was accused of downloading and uploading pornographic content from websites.
The police seized Singh's computer and two hard disks which contained pornographic videos of children between three to 10 years.
On Tuesday, the crime branch had clarified that Singh was not involved in filming child pornography.
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