Businessman
Raj
Kundra
who
was
arrested
by
Mumbai
Crime
Branch
on
July
19
for
allegedly
being
the
key
conspirator
in
an
adult
film
business
racket,
was
booked
by
the
Maharashtra
Police
Cyber
Cell
in
a
similar
case
in
2020
which
involved
producing
and
publishing
pornographic
content.
The
complaint
was
filed
last
year
under
the
Indian
Penal
Code
section
pertaining
to
obscenity,
the
Information
Technology
Act
and
the
Indecent
Representation
of
Women
(Prevention)
Act.
Now
as
per
a
tweet
in
ANI,
the
order
in
the
hearing
of
anticipatory
bail
application
of
Kundra
has
been
adjourned
till
August
7.
The
news
agency
tweeted,
"Order
in
the
hearing
of
anticipatory
bail
application
of
businessman
and
actor
Shilpa
Shetty's
husband
Raj
Kundra,
in
Maharashtra
Police
Cyber
Cell's
case
of
last
year,
adjourned
till
7th
August."
A
report
in
India
Today
had
cited
sources
saying
that
Sherlyn
Chopra
who
were
booked
as
co-accused
in
this
case,
had
made
allegations
against
Raj
Kundra
in
their
statements
to
the
Cyber
Cell.
However,
Raj
was
granted
interim
bail
by
a
Mumbai
court
last
year.
As
per
a
report
in
Indian
Express,
Kundra
had
said
that
he
had
no
links
to
the
alleged
offence
since
he
had
exited
from
the
start-up.
He
had
also
claimed
that
that
he
submitted
the
documents
regarding
his
investments
and
exit
from
the
company
to
the
police
and
had
nothing
to
do
with
the
alleged
shoots
or
web
series.
Later,
he
had
approached
the
sessions
court
to
seek
anticipatory
bail
in
this
case.
Currently,
Raj
Kundra
is
in
the
judicial
custody
in
connection
with
a
pornography-related
case.
On
the
other
hand,
his
actress-wife
Shilpa
Shetty
issued
a
statement
today
in
which
she
maintained
that
she
will
refrain
from
commenting
on
this
case.
"A
lot
of
trolling/questions
posed...
not
only
to
me
but
also
to
my
family.
MY
STAND...
I
HAVE
NOT
COMMENTED
YET
and
will
continue
to
refrain
from
doing
so
on
this
case
as
it
is
subjudice,
so
please
stop
attributing
false
quotes
on
my
behalf," a
part
of
her
statement
read.