Incarcerated actor Shiney Ahuja, held on charges of raping his domestic help, on Friday pleaded for bail before a local court saying he
was victim of a “well-hatched conspiracy” to malign and extort money from him.

The 36-year-old actor denied he had raped the 20-year-old domestic help, claiming the act was “consensual”.

However, Police opposed his release and the sessions court deferred hearing of the bail plea till July 7.

The actor did not come to the court but his counsel Srikant Shivade sought time to reply to prosecution’s arguments opposing Ahuja’s bail.