Mumbai: The Bombay high court today granted bail to actor Shiney Ahuja in the case of alleged rape of his domestic help but ordered him to stay in Delhi till the trial begins.

Justice AP Deshpande enlarged the actor on payment of Rs50,000 cash with a condition that he would stay in Delhi and report to the nearest police station regularly.

On a query by the court, the actor's lawyer said Shiney hails from Delhi and he may be allowed to stay there.

The court ruled that Shiney would be permitted to come to Mumbai only during the trial.

The actor was asked to surrender his passport and refrain from offering any inducement to witnesses, directly or indirectly and warned against tampering with evidence.

The actor was allowed to be released on cash bail of Rs50,000 but he will have to provide one or two sureties of like amount within a period of three weeks.

Shiney was arrested on June 15 after his maid lodged a complaint with Oshivara police station that the actor had raped her at his residence. The wife and child of the actor were not at home when the alleged incident occurred.

Earlier, the actor's bail plea had been rejected twice by the lower court. Being aggrieved, he moved the high court.