Monica Bedi Released After Father Pays Bail....
Former Bollywood actress Monica Bedi has been released from jail in relation to a fake passport case after her father paid her bail.Bedi had been residing in Chanchalguda central jail in Hyderabad, India, since last week (ends20Jul07), where she was transferred after she was acquitted in a fake passport case in Bhopal on 16 July (07).The 32-year-old was extradited from Portugal to Hyderabad in 2005 after she and gangster boyfriend Abu Salem were arrested in 2002 for entering the European country on forged documents.Bedi's lawyers have always denied she was romantically involved with Salem, and claimed he was holding her hostage.In September 2006, Bedi was sentenced to five years in prison in Hyderabad after being convicted of passport forgery.Despite the Hyderabad's court refusal to grant bail to Bedi last week, her father Prem Kumar Bedi paid 25,000 rupees ($600/£300) to secure her release on Wednesday (25Jul07).Bedi agreed to remain in her hometown of Chabbewal, unless being granted permission by local police to leave.