In a setback to Bollywood actor Shilpa Shetty’s husband Raj Kundra in the porn racket case, the Bombay High Court on Saturday rejected his plea challenging the remand order passed by Metropolitan Magistrate.
Justice AS Gadkari, according to Livelaw, said in his order, “The aforesaid would lead to a conclusion that the remand to custody by the metropolitan magistrate is within conformity of law and does not require any interference.”
The Mumbai Police had arrested Kundra in the porn film racket case. He’s accused of producing and distributing pornography through a piad mobile phone app, Hotshot. The Mumbai Police, according to news agency PTI, has alleged that they had stumbled upon many WhatsApp chats that proved that Kundra was involved in the financial dealings of the mobile phone app that hosted alleged porn films.
Kundra has been booked under 354(C) (Voyeurism), 292 (sale of obscene content), 420(cheating) of the IPC and Sections 67, 67A (transmission of sexually explicit material) of the IT Act.
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The aforesaid would lead to a conclusion that the remand to custody by the metropolitan magistrate is within conformity of law and does not require any interference.#BombayHighCourt #RajKundra
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The Mumbai Police had earlier arrested model-actor Gehana Vasisth in February this year in the same porn film racket case. They had come reportedly suspected Kundra’s role in the racket back in February but did not have conclusive evidence to arrest him.
Soon after Kundra’s arrest, Gehana issued a video message in his defence saying that she was only shooting for erotica and not porn.