Former Minister of State for Coal Santosh Bagrodia was today granted bail by a Special Court in connection with a coal scam case. Bagrodia is accused in the case pertaining to alleged irregularities in allocation of Bander coal block in Maharashtra.<br/><br/>The court enlarged Bagrodia on bail on furnishing a personal bond of Rs 1 lakh with one surety of like amount. The court has now fixed the matter for scrutiny of documents on September 29.<br/><br/>Bagrodia, today, appeared as accused before Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar a day after the Supreme Court refused to grant him exemption from personal appearance before the trial court.<br/><br/>Besides Bagrodia, Rajya Sabha MP Vijay Darda, his son Devendra Darda, former Coal Secretary H C Gupta, retired public servant L S Janoti, AMR Iron and Steel Pvt Ltd and its<br/>director Manoj Kumar Jaiswal are accused in the case. Other than Bagrodia, the court had earlier granted bail to the rest of the accused in the case.