Pearl V Puri not granted bail in alleged rape case; sent to 14-day judicial custody : Bollywood News – Bollywood Hungama

June 5, 2021

On Friday night time (June 4), tv actor Pearl V Puri was arrested by the Mumbai Police. The actor who’s well-known for his function in the present Naagin was arrested in Vasai in reference to the rape of a minor. Earlier right now, there have been stories of the actor being granted bail following an Instagram publish by actor Karishma Tanna who confirmed the identical. However, it has now come to gentle that the actor was not granted bail and has been sent to 14-day judicial custody after showing in court docket.

As per stories, he was remanded in judicial custody after his arrest and booked for rape and molestation beneath the part of The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. He was arrested beneath IPC part 376 AB, r/w POCSO Act 4, 8, 12,19, 21. Sanjay Patil, DCP Zone 2, Mira Bhayander Vasai Virar who’s dealing with the case has reportedly mentioned that the actor was not granted bail and has been sent to judicial custody following court docket orders.

After Pearl’s arrest got here to gentle, many celebrities from the Television trade spoke in help of him and began trending the hashtag #IStandWithPearl. Producer Ekta Kapoor, on Saturday, took to her Instagram deal with and shared an extended word the place she claimed to have spoken to the sufferer’s mom who confirmed the innocence of Pearl. She mentioned that your complete story was made up by her husband. “After various calls with the child‘s/girl’s mother, who openly said that Pearl was not involved and it’s her husband trying to create stories to keep her child and prove that a working mother on a set cannot take care of her kid. If this is true then it is wrong on so many levels,” she wrote in the publish.

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