Thiruvanthapuram, May 30 (IANS) The Kerala High Court Wednesday granted bail to two Italian Marines in the Feb 15 fishermen shooting case.
The Marines, Latorre Massimillano and Salvatore Girone, were granted bail on the conditions that they each pay a fine of Rs.One crore as penalty and provide two Indian sureties.
Besides, their passports would have to be surrendered and they can not leave the area falling under the jurisdiction of Kochi city police commissioner. They are supposed to report to the commissioner everyday between 10 a.m. and 11 a.m.
Two Indian fishermen — Ajesh Binki, 25, and Gelastine, 45 — were allegedly mistaken as pirates and shot dead off Alappuzha in Kerala by the Marines, who were serving as the security crew aboard Italian cargo vessel Enrica Lexie.
