Overview

• Chhota Rajan, a notorious underworld figure, received bail from the Bombay High Court for the 2001 murder of hotelier Jaya Shetty.
• Rajan's life sentence for this case has been suspended, pending a bond of ₹1 lakh as directed by the court.
• Despite the bail, Rajan remains in jail serving a life sentence for the 2011 murder of journalist Jyotirmoy Dey.
• Jaya Shetty was killed after reportedly receiving extortion threats from Rajan's gang; he was murdered at his hotel in Mumbai.
• Rajan, once allied with Dawood Ibrahim, was deported to India in 2015 after years as a fugitive and faces multiple criminal charges.