The Bombay High Court on Monday granted interim bail for two months on medical grounds to Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal, who has been arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money laundering case.

A single bench of Justice N.J. Jamadar said Goyal should pay a surety of ₹1 lakh and not leave Mumbai without prior permission from the trial court.

“The applicant (Goyal) shall be released on interim bail for two months. He shall abide by all conditions imposed,” the bench said.

The high court also directed Goyal to surrender his passport.

Goyal (75) had sought interim bail on medical and humanitarian grounds as both he and his wife Anita Goyal are suffering from cancer.

A special court in February refused bail to Goyal but permitted him to be admitted to a private hospital of his choice and seek medical treatment.

Goyal then moved the HC, seeking bail on merits and to be released on interim bail on medical grounds.

Goyal’s counsel Harish Salve had urged the court to consider the case on humanitarian grounds.

However, ED’s counsel Hiten Venegaonkar opposed the bail and said the agency had no problem if Goyal’s hospitalisation was extended.

Venegaonkar had submitted that the court may extend Goyal’s hospitalisation for four weeks and then call for a fresh medical report to assess his situation.