Porn case 2 months after arrest Kundra gets bail may walk out of jail on Tuesday
Mumbai Sep 20 PTI A magistrate court here on Monday granted bail to businessman Raj Kundra a key accused in a pornographic films case in which he was arrested two months agoChief Metropolitan Magistrate SB Bhajipale allowed Kundras bail application on furnishing a bond of Rs 50000Kundras associate and co-accused Ryan Thorpe who was arrested along with him on July 19 was also granted bail by the court in the case pertaining to alleged creation of pornographic films and publishing them through some appsThe 46-year-old businessman is currently lodged in Arthur Road Jail in central Mumbai under judicial custody and is likely to walk out of the prison at around 930 am on Tuesday his lawyer said Kundra the husband of Bollywood actor Shilpa Shetty was arrested by the Mumbai polices crime branch after being booked under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code the Information Technology Act and the Indecent Representation of Women Prohibition ActKundra moved a bail plea before the metropolitan magistrate court on Saturday last days after the police filed a supplementary charge-sheet in the caseIn the plea filed through advocate Prashant Patil Kundra claimed there was not even an iota of evidence till date with the prosecution that would connect the app Hotshots used in the alleged porn films racket with an offence under lawAs per the probe agency the Hotshots app was being used by accused persons for uploading and streaming obscene contentThe businessman claimed there was no evidence of him being actively involved in creation of alleged questionable porn contentKundra alleged he has been falsely implicated was not even named in the FIR and has been dragged by the respondent police in the caseThe businessman claimed in the plea that he is being made a scapegoat for reasons best known to investigatorsThere is not a single allegation in the entire supplementary charge-sheet against Kundra Patil submitted before the courtContents of the complaint in the case do not disclose any prima facie offence against the businessman he saidThe public prosecutor opposed Kundras application saying just because the charge-sheet has been filed it does not imply bail is to be granted to the accused Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Bhajipale after hearing both sides allowed Kundras application on furnishing a bail bond of Rs 50000The police in their supplementary charge-sheet had claimed Kundra was the main facilitator in the case and he along with other accused exploited young women struggling in the movie industry by filming them in obscene waysThe nearly 1500-page charge-sheet against Kundra and Thorpe was filed in the court on September 15 by the crime branchBesides Kundra and Thorpe Yash Thakur a resident of Singapore and London-based Pardeep Bakshi have been shown as wanted accused in the charge-sheet PTI AVI RSY RSY
Mumbai Sep 20 PTI A magistrate court here on Monday granted bail to businessman Raj Kundra a key accused in a pornographic films case in which he was arrested two months agoChief Metropolitan Magistrate SB Bhajipale allowed Kundras bail application on furnishing a bond of Rs 50000Kundras associate and co-accused Ryan Thorpe who was arrested along with him on July 19 was also granted bail by the court in the case pertaining to alleged creation of pornographic films and publishing them through some appsThe 46-year-old businessman is currently lodged in Arthur Road Jail in central Mumbai under judicial custody and is likely to walk out of the prison at around 930 am on Tuesday his lawyer said Kundra the husband of Bollywood actor Shilpa Shetty was arrested by the Mumbai polices crime branch after being booked under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code the Information Technology Act and the Indecent Representation of Women Prohibition ActKundra moved a bail plea before the metropolitan magistrate court on Saturday last days after the police filed a supplementary charge-sheet in the caseIn the plea filed through advocate Prashant Patil Kundra claimed there was not even an iota of evidence till date with the prosecution that would connect the app Hotshots used in the alleged porn films racket with an offence under lawAs per the probe agency the Hotshots app was being used by accused persons for uploading and streaming obscene contentThe businessman claimed there was no evidence of him being actively involved in creation of alleged questionable porn contentKundra alleged he has been falsely implicated was not even named in the FIR and has been dragged by the respondent police in the caseThe businessman claimed in the plea that he is being made a scapegoat for reasons best known to investigatorsThere is not a single allegation in the entire supplementary charge-sheet against Kundra Patil submitted before the courtContents of the complaint in the case do not disclose any prima facie offence against the businessman he saidThe public prosecutor opposed Kundras application saying just because the charge-sheet has been filed it does not imply bail is to be granted to the accused Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Bhajipale after hearing both sides allowed Kundras application on furnishing a bail bond of Rs 50000The police in their supplementary charge-sheet had claimed Kundra was the main facilitator in the case and he along with other accused exploited young women struggling in the movie industry by filming them in obscene waysThe nearly 1500-page charge-sheet against Kundra and Thorpe was filed in the court on September 15 by the crime branchBesides Kundra and Thorpe Yash Thakur a resident of Singapore and London-based Pardeep Bakshi have been shown as wanted accused in the charge-sheet PTI AVI RSY RSY
