The Court in July had issued notice on Kumar's bail plea.

During the hearing today, Additional Solicitor General SV Raju opposed the bail at this stage, saying that more witnesses should be examined first before the trial court.

However, the Court said it would put in place remedial measures to ensure witnesses are not influenced.

"In our quest to strike a balance between `liberty’ on one hand and `a fair trial’ on the other, we appreciate the concern of the prosecution that the witnesses must be kept free from any kind of extraneous pressure or influence to enable them to depose fearleslly."

"We are, however, satisfied that the desired protection can be afforded through various alternative measures including by imposing such reasonable terms and conditions which would prevent the propensity to influence the witnesses or tamper with the evidence. In any case, any such attempt by the beneficiary of a discretionary jurisdiction of the Court, will amount to misuse of concession of bail and the necessary consequences would, thus," it said in the order.

Accordingly, the Court imposed following conditions,

(i) The petitioner shall not be restored to the position of Private Secretary to the Chief Minister of Delhi and shall also not be given any other assignment during the pendency of the trial

(ii) The petitioner shall not enter the premises of the Chief Minister’s Residence or Office till all the vulnerable witnesses are examined by the Trial Court.

(iii) The prosecution is directed firstly to produce important and private vulnerable witnesses. Such witnesses should be examined first by the Trial Court

(iv) The Trial Court shall make an endeavour to examine the important or vulnerable witnesses as early as possible, and preferably within three months

(v) The petitioner shall not make any public comments on the merits of the issues, which are sub-judice before the Trial Court. This condition is imposed at this stage to safeguard the victim’s rights and to dissuade a recent tendency of building self-serving narrative on public platforms

It clarified that Kumar is at liberty to raise all his contentions during trial.

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