London
(ANI):
Roman
Polanski,
who
is
imprisoned
in
Switzerland
over
a
US
child
sex
case,
has
been
granted
bail.
The
Swiss
Federal
Criminal
Court
has
accepted
the
filmmaker"s
plea
to
be
freed
on
a
4.5million-dollar
bail.
However,
the
court
has
decided
to
subject
the
'Chinatowm" helmer
to
"constant
electronic
surveillance."
Also,
he
will
not
be
allowed
to
step
out
of
his
chalet
at
Swiss
Alps,
reports
the
BBC
News.
And,
if
he
does
move
out
of
his
chalet
then
an
electronic
tag
would
be
activated
for
the
cops
to
track
him
down.
The
court
added
that
Polanski
would
stay
in
the
prison
if
an
appeal
is
made
against
the
ruling
by
the
Swiss
justice
ministry
within
10
days.
But
it
seems
unlikely,
as
the
Justice
Minister
Eveline
Widmer-Schlumpf
has
said
that
there
is
no
reason
to
appeal
against
the
decision.
The
court
has
apparently
been
careful
in
laying
down
conditions
of
the
bail
to
ensure
that
Polanski
does
not
flee
to
France
while
free.
Polanski
had
admitted
to
unlawful
sex
with
13-year-old
Samantha
Geimer,
in
Los
Angeles
in
1977,
but
had
later
escaped
from
the
country.