Actress
Poonam
Pandey
who
had
grabbed
several
headlines
last
year
in
July
for
being
an
alleged
co-accused
in
Shilpa
Shetty's
husband
and
businessman
Raj
Kundra's
alleged
pornography
case
has
now
been
issued
protection
from
arrest
in
the
case
by
the
Supreme
Court
on
Tuesday
(January
18).
According
to
ANI,
after
an
appeal
filed
by
Poonam
against
a
Bombay
High
Court
was
discarded,
a
bench
on
Justices
namely
BV
Nagarathna
and
Vineet
Saran
issued
a
notice
to
the
Maharashtra
government.
The
report
quoted
the
bench
to
say,
"No
coercive
action
against
the
appellant.
Issue
notice."
Poonam
Pandey
had
filed
an
application
with
the
Apex
Court
looking
for
interim
protection
against
her
arrest
in
the
case
after
the
Bombay
High
Court
had
rejected
her
anticipatory
bail
plea
on
November
25,
2021.
Reportedly,
The
Journey
Of
Kama
actress
in
her
plea
had
stated
that
she
was
not
a
partner
or
an
owner
on
any
of
the
platforms.
Poonam
had
added
in
her
plea
that
the
complaint
against
her
was
about
a
video
showing
her
which
was
available
on
a
few
platforms
and
mediums.
Poonam
Pandey's
plea
reportedly
stated,
"While
the
Petitioner
is
not
the
owner
or
business
partner
in
any
such,
websites
or
Online
Platform,
the
only
allegation
against
the
Petitioner
is
that
some
video
allegedly
portraying
the
Petitioner
is
available
on
the
website...
In
this
regard,
it
is
necessary
to
note
that
these
websites,
which
allegedly
have
some
videos
of
the
petitioner
have
already
been
blocked
and
disabled
by
the
government
of
India."
In
an
interview
with
Etimes
in
July
last
year,
Poonam
Pandey
had
alleged
that
Raj
Kundra
had
personally
approached
her
to
be
a
part
of
the
Hotshots
app.
She
further
had
alleged
that
when
she
refused
her
offer,
he
leaked
her
private
mobile
numbers
on
that
app.
For
those
who
don't
know,
the
Hotshots
app
reportedly
described
as
the
"world's
first
18+
app",
had
been
under
the
scanner
for
its
hot
videos,
soft
and
hard
pornography
content.
The
actress
was
quoted
to
reveal,
"I
was
approached
by
Raj
Kundra
personally
to
be
a
part
of
another
app
-
by
the
name
of
'HotShots'.
It
was
100%
pure
blackmail.
It
was
like
-
Do
this
or
suffer
the
consequences.
On
my
refusal,
my
private
mobile
numbers
were
leaked
on
the
internet
on
the
aforementioned
app."