India, April 6 -- The Supreme Court granted bail to an individual who, alongside Rajendra Bihari Lal, the vice chancellor of Uttar Pradesh's Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences (SHUATS), was under investigation in a criminal case related to alleged illegal religious conversions.

A bench of Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud along with Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra determined the bail bond amount for the accused, Ram Sewak, a resident of Indore in Madhya Pradesh, ensuring it did not exceed Rs 25,000.

The apex court stated that the other conditions of bail would be determined by the trial court.

"We direct that the petitioner shall be released on bail in connection with . lodged at Police Station Nawab...