In some relief for businessman and Shilpa Shetty's husband Raj Kundra in one of the cases related to the porn film racket case, the Supreme Court on Wednesday granted him protection from arrest for four weeks. The Apex court has also issued a notice to the Maharashtra government.
Raj Kundra had moved the Supreme Court after the Bombay High Court, on November 25, refused his plea for anticipatory bail in connection with an FIR registered against him by the Mumbai Police.
Kundra, first sought anticipatory bail from the sessions court in Mumbai, which refused to grant him any relief. He then moved the Bombay High Court claiming that he was allegedly framed.
The cyber cell of the Mumbai Police filed a case against Kundra under sections of the Indian Penal Code, Indecent Representation of Women (Prevention) Act, and Information Technology Act for allegedly distributing sexually explicit videos.
Kundra claimed he was not connected to content creation, publication or transmission of alleged illegal videos.
He was arrested by the Mumbai Police, in July this year, in another case where he was accused of distributing porn films through an app. In September, Kundra was granted bail.
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