Italian marines allowed to go home for 2 weeks

Two Italian marines, facing criminal trial here on charges of killing two Indian fishermen 10 months back, have been allowed to go home for two weeks to celebrate Christmas in Italy by the Kerala High Court Thursday.

The court has asked them to give a bank guarantee of Rs.six crore and imposed stringent conditions.
  
The bail conditions can be modified if the Union government feels the undertaking by the Italian Ambassador and Italian Consul General are acceptable and travel documents can be issued to them, Justice P Bhavadasan said disposing of the petition by the marines Latore Massimilliano and Salvatore Girone.
   
The two marines were arrested from Italian vessel 'Enrica Lexie' on February 19 for allegedly shooting down two Indian fishermen off Alapuzha coast on Feb 15.
  
The court has asked them to to furnish a bank guarantee of Rs six crore.
 
It said they can leave India and remain in Italy for two weeks from the date of their departure and should return to India before 3 PM on Jan 10, 2013.
  
Their passports can be released on production of necessary travel documents for exit and re-entry and on filing of an unconditional undertaking that they would return to India and surrender their passports at 3 pm on Jan 10, it said.