New Delhi: Former Coal Secretary H C Gupta and retired public servant L S Janoti were on Tuesday granted bail by a special court in a coal scam case pertaining to alleged irregularities in allocation of Bander coal block in Maharashtra.

Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar also allowed the plea filed by counsel appearing for former Minister of State for Coal Santosh Bagrodia, who was also summoned as accused in the case, on exemption from personal appearance on health grounds for today only.