SC grants anticipatory bail to Raj Kundra in 2020 porn video case 

By Express News Service

NEW DELHI: Shilpa Shetty’s husband Raj Kundra on Tuesday breathed a sigh of reduction as SC granted anticipatory bail to him and 4 others in a 2020 porn movies case registered by Nodal Cyber Police Station, Bandra.

The different 4 accused who’ve been granted anticipatory bail are Poonam Pandey,  Sherlyn Chopra, Umesh Ganpat Kamat and Suvojit Chowdhury. 

A bench of Justices KM Joseph and BV Nagarathna requested the decrease court docket to impose circumstances and directed the accused to cooperate within the investigation. 

“We are of the view that they should be granted anticipatory bail subject to the conditions imposed by the trial court. They should fully cooperate. The court will also incorporate this as a condition for anticipatory bail,” the bench mentioned in its order. 

Top Court’s order got here in a plea filed by the accused in opposition to Bombay HCs November 25, 2021 ruling of rejecting to grant them pre-arrest bail in an FIR registered beneath part 292 of the IPC, beneath Sections 67 and 67A of the Information Technology Act, 2000 and beneath Sections 3 and 4 of Indecent Women Representation Act, 1986 for allegedly distributing/ transmitting sexually express movies. The FIR was filed based mostly on a grievance alleging that web sites broadcasting/exhibiting indecent video, audio information having lascivious, lustful, offensive sexual want messages and movies had been brazenly accessible by way of web.

Appearing for one of many accused, Senior Advocate R Basant advised the court docket that chargesheet has already been filed within the case and the accused are cooperating with the police within the investigation. 

“We were picked up within 24 hours of registration of FIR,” Advocate Nikhil Goel representing one other accused added. 

Informing the bench of the chargesheet being filed within the case, Maharashtra authorities’s counsel urged the court docket to direct the accused for cooperating in investigation at any time when their presence was required. “My only concern is that in case there is requirement for further inquiry, they should cooperate in further investigation,” he mentioned. 

NEW DELHI: Shilpa Shetty’s husband Raj Kundra on Tuesday breathed a sigh of reduction as SC granted anticipatory bail to him and 4 others in a 2020 porn movies case registered by Nodal Cyber Police Station, Bandra.

The different 4 accused who’ve been granted anticipatory bail are Poonam Pandey,  Sherlyn Chopra, Umesh Ganpat Kamat and Suvojit Chowdhury. 

A bench of Justices KM Joseph and BV Nagarathna requested the decrease court docket to impose circumstances and directed the accused to cooperate within the investigation. 

“We are of the view that they should be granted anticipatory bail subject to the conditions imposed by the trial court. They should fully cooperate. The court will also incorporate this as a condition for anticipatory bail,” the bench mentioned in its order. 

Top Court’s order got here in a plea filed by the accused in opposition to Bombay HCs November 25, 2021 ruling of rejecting to grant them pre-arrest bail in an FIR registered beneath part 292 of the IPC, beneath Sections 67 and 67A of the Information Technology Act, 2000 and beneath Sections 3 and 4 of Indecent Women Representation Act, 1986 for allegedly distributing/ transmitting sexually express movies. The FIR was filed based mostly on a grievance alleging that web sites broadcasting/exhibiting indecent video, audio information having lascivious, lustful, offensive sexual want messages and movies had been brazenly accessible by way of web.

Appearing for one of many accused, Senior Advocate R Basant advised the court docket that chargesheet has already been filed within the case and the accused are cooperating with the police within the investigation. 

“We were picked up within 24 hours of registration of FIR,” Advocate Nikhil Goel representing one other accused added. 

Informing the bench of the chargesheet being filed within the case, Maharashtra authorities’s counsel urged the court docket to direct the accused for cooperating in investigation at any time when their presence was required. “My only concern is that in case there is requirement for further inquiry, they should cooperate in further investigation,” he mentioned.