New Delhi, May 21: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday granted interim bail to former Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala for six weeks.

Chautala, an accused in the multi-crore junior basic trained (JBT) teachers recruitment scam, was granted bail on health grounds.

He was earlier denied interim bail by the court in February this year.

Chautala, chief of Indian National Lok Dal (INLD), his MLA son Ajay Chautala and 53 others, including two IAS officers, were convicted on January 16 by the trial court for illegally recruiting 3,206 junior basic trained (JBT) teachers in Haryana in 2000.

Chautala was sent to Tihar Jail after his conviction on January 6.

He, however, had to be hospitalised due to chest pain after the trial court on January 16 announced its order convicting him, his son Ajay Chautala and 53 others in the JBT scam.