WASHINGTON: The Indian-origin head of an electronics firm, who was detained earlier this month for allegedly shipping sensitive missile and space technology equipment to India, will continue to be kept in custody without availability of bail, a US court has ruled.Judge Deborah Robinson also postponed to May one the "status" hearing of Parthasarathy Sudarshan, the chief of electronic firm Cirrus Inc, and Mythili Gopal, a senior employee of the company, after they appeared before the court yesterday afternoon.The two along with two other Indian-origin employees of the firm have been accused by the FBI of violating numerous US export control laws and shipping sensitive missile and space technology equipment to India.The Judge ordered that Sudarshan, who is already in federal custody, will continue to be in detention without availability of bail; and Gopal, who has pleaded not guilty, will continue under the same terms of her bail application as filed before a court in South Carolina.The original terms of Gopal's bail was an execution of bond for $25,000 and surrendering her passport.Sudarshan holds a Sigaporean passport and Gopal holds an Indian passport.The Justice Department has indicted Cirrus Inc, operating in Singapore, South Carolina and Bangalore, of working as an agent of the Indian government to obtain sensitive missile and weapons technology for its military programs.The indictment also includes a number of unidentified co-conspirators, including an official of the Indian mission in Washington.The indictment indicates that the defendants were buying equipment for three Indian government agencies.The original indictment details the alleged transactions to have taken place between 2003 and 2006 and the Indian Government agencies involved being the departments of Defence and Space.The defendants have been charged with violating the United States Export Administration Act, which prohibits the export of dual-use technologies, those with both military and non-military uses, without approval from the Commerce Department attesting that the technology will be used only for non-military purposes.