HC Rejects Raj Kundra's Pre-Arrest Bail Plea In Porn Case
The Bombay High Court on Thursday rejected an anticipatory bail application filed by businessperson Raj Kundra in connection with an FIR registered against him for allegedly distributing pornographic videos.
The
Bombay
High
Court
on
Thursday
rejected
an
anticipatory
bail
application
filed
by
businessperson
Raj
Kundra
in
connection
with
an
FIR
registered
against
him
for
allegedly
distributing
pornographic
videos.
Justice
Nitin
Sambre
had
reserved
the
order
on
Wednesday
on
Kundra's
plea
seeking
protection
from
arrest.
On
Thursday,
the
bench
rejected
the
petition.
The
detailed
order
is
awaited.
The
cyber
cell
of
the
Mumbai
police
has
filed
a
case
against
Kundra
under
relevant
sections
of
the
Indian
Penal
Code,
Indecent
Representation
of
Women
(Prevention)
Act,
and
Information
Technology
Act
for
allegedly
distributing/
transmitting
sexually
explicit
videos.
Fearing
arrest,
Kundra,
who
is
married
to
actor
Shilpa
Shetty,
first
sought
anticipatory
bail
from
the
sessions
court
but
it
was
refused,
so
he
moved
the
HC,
claiming
that
he
had
been
framed
up.
The
FIR
named
actors
Sherlyn
Chopra
and
Poonam
Pandey
as
co-accused.
He
was
in
no
way
connected
to
content
creation,
publication
or
transmission
of
alleged
illegal
videos
even
as
the
actors,
who
were
named
as
co-accused,
had
given
full
consent
to
shoot
the
videos,
his
lawyers
said.
In
July
this
year,
Kundra
was
arrested
by
Mumbai
Police
in
another
case
where
he
was
accused
of
distributing
porn
films
through
an
app.