All the 14 accused, arrested in connection with the molestation of two NRI women on new year day at suburban Juhu, were today granted bail by a local court here. Metropolitan Magistrate Madhav Bondre granted bail to all 14 persons on furnishing a surety of Rs 10,000.

Defence lawyers led-by Nagesh Joshi claimed that the accused, arrested late last night, were not hardened criminals and were ready to co-operate with the police investigations.

The prosecution asked for judicial custody as the identification parade by the witnesses was yet to be conducted.

However, Joshi argued it saying there is no need for it and showed readiness to appear for the parade as and when called by the police.

Earlier, the accused were presented in the court amidst tight security. They were remanded to judicial custody in the first session and later granted bail when their bail applications came up for hearing.

However, it is unlikely that the suspects will walk out today itself as it will take time for all of them to produce sureties by evening.

The arrested identified as - Dinesh Bagaitkar, Sudhir Naikwade, Kunal Jadhav, Shobby D'Souza, Ajay Marathe, Vaibhav Marathe, Sandip Panchal, Manoj Panchal, Sandip Shukla, Derek Jadhav, Swapnil Mandare, Siddharth Singh, Amit Kapoor and Ravindra Shukla - have been charged with outraging modesty of women, unlawful assembly, rioting, causing hurt and wrongful restraint.