Mumbai, May 29: Sunanda Shetty, mother of film actress Shilpa Shetty, and an accused in an extortion case, was today granted anticipatory bail till June 12 by a sessions court here. The bail was granted by sessions judge Hemant Deshpande for a sum Rs 40,000.
The judge also granted bail to Bhupendra Singh Sachdev, secretary of Shilpa Shetty. Both have been asked to appear before a court in Surat on June 12 and seek bail from a regular court there.
The duo is facing charges of extorting money from an industrialist payable to the actress for modelling in an ad film. The case has been registered by police in Gujarat. Bureau Report