Mumbai: A special court in Mumbai on Monday granted bail to all 36 suspended police personnel from Nehru Nagar police station of Kurla in the case where most of the accused were caught taking bribe to allow an illegal construction in a video shot in a sting operation.

According to defence lawyer Vaibhav Baghade, the special anti-corruption bureau (ACB) court had issued summons to all the policemen, directing them to appear before the court after the investigating agency had filed chargesheet against them.

As per the court’s directions, the accused had appeared before the court on Monday and advocate Baghade moved bail application alleging that the complaint was filed with dishonest intentions and the policement were framed.

He also contended that the complainant had blackmailed the constables by misusing the video and there is no prima-facie case made out against them in the chargesheet.

Another ground for seeking bail for was that the investigation was over and the applicants had cooperated with the investigation so there was no question, of them tampering with the evidence. Interestingly, the policemen were never arrested during investigation and were granted bail after filing of chargesheet.