Bangalore: Sandalwood actor Vijay lent a hand to help a mother and her five-year-old son to walk free from Parappana Agrahara Central Prison. He paid Rs 93,000 as a penalty amount towards their release.Kalyani Sharma, along with her husband Vinod Sharma, who hailed from Goa, was convicted in connection with cheating and theft cases.

The court had convicted them for six years of imprisonment and had imposed a fine of Rs 93,000 on each.

Further, the court had also directed the duo to undergo imprisonment for another four years if they failed to pay the penalty.

Though the couple had completed the term, they had to stay in the prison as they did not have enough money to pay the penalty.

On Tuesday actor Vijay, while shooting for a movie heard about the story of Kalyani and agreed to the penalty. The mother and the son were released by evening