Mumbai: Four months after the crime branch arrested model and TV actress Gehana Vasisht alias Vandana Tiwari in an alleged pornography racket, the Dindoshi session court on Saturday granted her bail.

The Dindoshi additional session court judge L S Chavan granted Gehana bail on a personal bond of Rs 25,000 with one or two sureties in the Malvani police. While granting bail, the Dindoshi sessions court directed that Gehana cannot leave the country without the permission of the court. While at Byculla jail, Gehana was infected with Coronavirus and was kept in a jail quarantine centre. She also suffered a stroke and was admitted to J J hospital by prison authorities, said her publicist Flynn Remedios.

Earlier, her bail application had been rejected by the Dindoshi sessions court as the chargesheet was not filed.

Gehana has to complete the bail formalities and furnish sureties before the court to secure her release.

In February, the property cell of the crime branch led by inspector Kedar Pawar and assistant inspector Laxmikant Salunkhe raided a bungalow in Madh Island in Malad and busted a live porn video film making racket and rescued a woman.

The police arrested five persons namely Yasmin Rowa Khan and four others under various IPC sections of cheating, indulging in obscene act in public places and publicly exhibiting or circulating obscene books or literature and under the Information Technology Act.

During the investigation, police also froze a bank account of this production house which has a balance of Rs 36.50 lakh. The police said that this income could have been generated from the subscriptions of porn apps on which the accused used to upload videos. The police had seized a high-definition DVR video camera, six mobile phones, laptop, spotlight, camera stand, memory card containing several video clips and dialogue/script.

During investigation, the police arrested model and actor Gehena Vashist who would upload these videos on various apps including one based in the UK.

The gang used to lure aspiring candidates looking for a break in films, sign agreements and then force them to act in the porn movies.

Crime branch which had made tall claims to probe the role of UK-based businessman and husband of an actress could not do so after key officers of the case were transferred out of the city.