Friday, December 24 2004 13:52 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

New Delhi: A Juvenile Court today (Dec 22, 2004) granted bail to the minor boy involved in the MMS sex scandal.

Principal Magistrate of Juvenile Justice Board Santosh Snehi Mann released the boy on bail in New Delhi directing his parents to execute a personal bond of Rs 25,000 each with a surety of like amount.

The court directed the minor's parents to surrender his passport. The accused boy will not leave the territory of Delhi without prior permission, it said.

The court disagreed with prosecution's contention that the boy was mentally pervert and termed the incident as "misadventure" asking the boy to join regular counselling session along with his parents for a month.

The parents have been asked to submit weekly progress report to the court.