Bail granted in Kapil Sharma extortion threat case
Mumbai, March 11 -- A sessions court on Tuesday granted bail to a West Bengal man accused of sending threats demanding Rs.1 crore from comedian Kapil Sharma while invoking the names of gangsters Rohit Godara and Goldy Brar.
Additional Sessions Judge V. P. Desai granted relief to Dilip Shivprasad Choudhary, noting that the investigation was complete and police had found no nexus between him and the gangster networks.
The case surfaced in September, 2025, when a complaint was lodged with the Mumbai Crime Branch alleging that threatening WhatsApp voice messages and calls demanding Rs.1 crore from Kapil Sharma. According to police, the caller had invoked the names of gangsters Rohit Godara and Goldy Brar while issuing threats.
Police later traced the calls to Choudhary, who was arrested from West Bengal.
Opposing bail, the prosecution said the offence was serious and informed the court that a forensic report on the accused's voice sample was awaited.
The defence argued that the accused had been falsely implicated and that there was no call detail record linking him to gangster networks.
Noting that the police had found no connection between the accused and the gangs, the court granted bail on a personal bond of Rs.50,000 with sureties and directed Choudhary not to leave India without prior permission of the court...
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