Within minutes of being convicted and sentenced to two years jail in human trafficking case by the Patiala Court, singer Daler Mehndi has been granted bail, according to an ANI report. The celebrity singer was convicted today and was immediately taken into the custody by the Punjab Police.

As per media reports, Daler and his brother, had been accused of illegally sending people abroad disguised as members of his troupe by charging hefty “passage money.”

Reportedly, in 2006, Patiala Police had filed two discharge petitions stating Daler Mehndi to be innocent but the court had upheld that the singer be prosecuted as there was “sufficient evidence against him on the judicial file and scope for further investigation”.

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