New Delhi: A Delhi court on Friday granted default bail to US national Matthew Aaron Van Dyke, who was arrested in a terror-conspiracy case being investigated by the National Investigation Agency (NIA).

Special Judge Prashant Sharma granted bail to Van Dyke on a personal bond of Rs 1 lakh and a surety of the same amount, court sources said.

The court also directed Van Dyke not to leave Delhi.

The court had issued a notice to the NIA on Thursday on his bail plea.

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Earlier this month, the NIA filed a chargesheet against Van Dyke and six Ukrainian nationals over their alleged illegal entry into, stay in and movement through India.

The agency, however, did not invoke the anti-terror law, Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), in the chargesheet.

The NIA has accused the seven of offences under Sections 21 and 23 of the Immigration and Foreigners Act. Section 21 prescribes penalties for entering India without a valid passport or other required travel documents.

The chargesheet said, "More time is required to ascertain and verify the true and complete facts about the commission of offences under the UAPA."

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The NIA had earlier told the court that the accused were being investigated in connection with an alleged wider terror conspiracy involving assistance to ethnic armed groups in India and Myanmar, as well as providing drone training to them.

The bail granted to Van Dyke comes while the NIA investigation into the alleged conspiracy is continuing. PTI