Raj Kundra, businessman and husband of actor Shilpa Shetty, was granted reduction within the pornography case on Tuesday because the Supreme Court granted him and 4 others anticipatory bail within the case. The others, who have been granted reduction by the apex court docket embrace actors Sherlyn Chopra and Poonam Pandey. The case entails an FIR in opposition to them for allegedly distributing pornographic movies. Also learn: Raj Kundra reacts for 1st time on his arrest in porn case
On Tuesday, a bench of Justices Okay M Joseph and B V Nagarathna additionally directed all of the accused to cooperate within the investigation. “Having heard the counsel for the parties, we are of the view that the petitioners may be granted anticipatory bail,” the bench stated.
Senior advocate R Basant, showing for one of many accused, submitted {that a} chargesheet has already been filed within the case and the accused are cooperating with the the investigation. Earlier, the Supreme Court had granted Raj interim safety from arrest within the case.
Raj, who’s married to actor Shilpa Shetty, was arrested within the case in July 2021 and launched on bail later within the yr. An FIR was registered in opposition to Raj and others after a lady approached the police and made sure allegations. The case was transferred to the Mumbai Crime Branch. Raj was booked beneath Indian Penal Code sections 420 (dishonest), 292 and 293 (associated to obscene and indecent commercials and shows) and sections of the Information Technology Act and Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act. The FIR named Sherlyn Chopra and Poonam Pandey as co-accused.
His attorneys claimed that he was under no circumstances related to content material creation, publication or transmission of alleged unlawful movies even because the actors, who have been named as co-accused, had given full consent to shoot the movies.
Since his bail, Raj has largely stored a low profile and solely seems in public sporting full face masks. In September, he reacted to the case in a uncommon social media submit. Sharing an image of himself, Raj captioned the submit, “One Year Today released from #ArthurRoad Its a matter of time Justice will be served! The truth will be out soon! Thank you well-wishers and a bigger thank you to the trollers you make me stronger (folded hands emoji).”
(With PTI inputs)
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