New Delhi: A special court on Wednesday granted bail to former Coal Secretary H C Gupta and four others, including two senior public servants, for their alleged roles in a coal block allocation scam case.

Besides Gupta, the court granted bail to two senior public servants, K S Kropha and K C Samria, Brahmani Thermal Power Pvt Ltd (BTPPL) chairman, P Trivikrama Prasad and its vice chairman Y Harish Chandra Prasad.