Ganesh Kendale
NEW DELHI: The Bombay high court on Wednesday granted bail to gangster Chhota Rajan, who was convicted for the murder of hotelier Jaya Shetty in 2001.
A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite Dere and Prithviraj Chavan ordered Rajan to submit a bond of Rs 1 lakh for bail.
However, Rajan will remain in jail due to his involvement in other criminal cases.
In May this year, a special court had convicted Rajan in Shetty’s murder and sentenced him to life imprisonment.
Rajan later appealed the conviction in the high court, seeking suspension of his sentence and interim bail.
Jaya Shetty, the owner of Golden Crown Hotel in central Mumbai, was shot dead by two members of Rajan’s gang on May 4, 2001.
Investigations revealed that Shetty had received extortion demands from Hemant Pujari, a gang member, and was killed for not paying.
Rajan, already serving a life sentence for the murder of journalist J Dey, is currently imprisoned at Tihar Jail in Delhi.
