Raj Kundra walks out of Mumbai jail after bail in pornographic films case
Mumbai Sep 21 PTI Businessman Raj Kundra on Tuesday walked out of a Mumbai jail a day after a magistrate court here granted bail to the key accused in a pornographic films case in which he was arrested two months agoKundra was released from the Arthur Road jail shortly after 1130 pm a jail official said Chief Metropolitan Magistrate SB Bhajipale on Monday allowed Kundras bail application on furnishing a bond of Rs 50000 Kundras 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 apps The 46-year-old businessman was lodged in Arthur Road Jail in central Mumbai under judicial custody 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 Act Kundra moved a bail plea before the metropolitan magistrate court on Saturday days after the police filed a supplementary charge-sheet in the case In 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 law As per the probe agency the Hotshots app was being used by accused persons for uploading and streaming obscene content The businessman claimed there was no evidence of him being actively involved in creation of alleged questionable porn content Kundra alleged he was falsely implicated was not even named in the FIR and was dragged by the respondent police in the case The businessman claimed in the plea that he is being made a scapegoat for reasons best known to investigators There is not a single allegation in the entire supplementary charge-sheet against Kundra Patil submitted before the court Contents of the complaint in the case do not disclose any prima facie offence against Kundra he said The 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 50000 The 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 ways The nearly 1500-page charge-sheet against Kundra and Thorpe was filed in the court on September 15 by the crime branch Besides 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 DC VT VT VT
Mumbai Sep 21 PTI Businessman Raj Kundra on Tuesday walked out of a Mumbai jail a day after a magistrate court here granted bail to the key accused in a pornographic films case in which he was arrested two months agoKundra was released from the Arthur Road jail shortly after 1130 pm a jail official said Chief Metropolitan Magistrate SB Bhajipale on Monday allowed Kundras bail application on furnishing a bond of Rs 50000 Kundras 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 apps The 46-year-old businessman was lodged in Arthur Road Jail in central Mumbai under judicial custody 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 Act Kundra moved a bail plea before the metropolitan magistrate court on Saturday days after the police filed a supplementary charge-sheet in the case In 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 law As per the probe agency the Hotshots app was being used by accused persons for uploading and streaming obscene content The businessman claimed there was no evidence of him being actively involved in creation of alleged questionable porn content Kundra alleged he was falsely implicated was not even named in the FIR and was dragged by the respondent police in the case The businessman claimed in the plea that he is being made a scapegoat for reasons best known to investigators There is not a single allegation in the entire supplementary charge-sheet against Kundra Patil submitted before the court Contents of the complaint in the case do not disclose any prima facie offence against Kundra he said The 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 50000 The 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 ways The nearly 1500-page charge-sheet against Kundra and Thorpe was filed in the court on September 15 by the crime branch Besides 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 DC VT VT VT
