New Delhi: Mumbai’s Esplanade Court rejected bail pleas of businessman Raj Kundra and Ryan Thorpe in a pornography case on Wednesday. Kundra has been remanded to judicial custody for 14 days.
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Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty’s husband Raj Kundra was arrested by the Mumbai Crime Branch on July 19 in a case associated to the alleged creation of pornographic movies and publishing them by way of apps.
According to PTI, the 45-year-old businessman, earned no less than Rs 1.17 crore between August and December final yr from his enterprise of manufacturing and on-line distribution of porn movies, the police had instructed a Justice of the Peace’s court.
At least 11 individuals have been arrested up to now in the case, in response to the police.
Kundra has contended that the movies made by him, which the police claimed to be pornographic, didn’t depict direct or specific sexual acts. The Crime Branch, in the meantime, has appointed a monetary auditor to probe the cash path of Raj Kundra and Shilpa Shetty and their alleged involvement in the pornography racket case.
Kundra has been named as the important thing conspirator by the Mumbai Police which has slapped fees in opposition to him below Sections 420 (dishonest), 34 (widespread intention), 292 and 293 (associated to obscene and indecent ads and shows) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) apart from related sections of the IT Act and the Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act.
(With company inputs)
