The district court in Thane yesterday granted anticipatory bail to actress Shilpa Shetty, her businessman husband Raj Kundra and three others in a cheating case filed by a textile firm owner.
The court had earlier granted the accused interim protection from arrest. Additional Sessions Judge Sangeeta Khalipe said in her order that in the event of arrest, the accused be released on personal bond or surety of Rs 1 lakh each.
Ravi Bhalotia, the owner of Bhalotia Exports of Bhiwandi, had lodged a FIR with the Kongaon police last month, stating that he had supplied bedsheets to Best Deal TV (BDTV), a company in which Kundra and Shetty are directors. The complainant alleged that BDTV, an e-commerce and teleshopping platform, sold the bedsheets but did not pay him the proceeds of Rs 24 lakh.
