The High Court further said that the ship could leave only after getting a clearance from the probing agencies.
Wife of one of the fishermen who were killed by the Italian guards had moved the Kerala High Court demanding that the ship should not be allowed to leave without paying the compensation.
Meanwhile, according to sources, Italy has demanded a joint probe into the killing of the fishermen, reiterating that the incident occurred in international waters.
The demand was made by the Italian Consul General in a meeting with Kerala Director General of Police (DGP). The Italian envoy requested the DGP for adequate facilities to be made for the accused in the jail.
The DGP responded by saying that the points could be mentioned in the court, following which the court would take a decision, said sources.
This came even as a five-member Italian delegation, led by deputy foreign minister Staffan De Mistura, met Home Ministry officials in Delhi to secure the release of the two naval officers.
The Italian Deputy Foreign Minister said that his country "wants to isolate the firing incident from wider bilateral relations".
He is now slated to meet Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and the families of the victims to personally express his regret over the incident.
Italian Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi, who himself will visit the country on February 29, has instructed De Mistura to continue, at the political level, the work already carried out by the delegation of Italian experts from the Foreign, Defence and Justice Ministries.
After the meeting, the Italian Deputy Foreign Minister said that the situation needed to be analysed. "This tragic incident needs to be analysed. A proper dialogue was needed to have a proper solution to this," De Mistura said.
He also said that it was important to find out the exact location of the incident. "We do sadly recognise that two Indian citizens died. The incident happened in international waters, but the exact location needs to be found out. We all want the truth to come out," De Mistura said.
However, India remained firm and said that law would follow its course. Minister of State, Ministry of External Affairs Preneet Kaur said, "Both sides have a different interpretation of the law, we will go by our law."
"We assured them that our judiciary is free and it will take a right decision," she added.
Italy wants the two accused to be investigated by Italian authorities in their country.
India has said that there is no diplomatic immunity for the accused and they must be tried in an Indian court. Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy reiterated that the case came under the state government's jurisdiction and that the government was very serious about the probe.
Chandy said his government would ensure that the guilty "are brought to book".
He said, "Police is seriously questioning the culprit. We will continue to take all actions under the IPC."
"There is a lot of concern about the safety of fishermen... will not let the guilty escape from here," said Chandy.
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