Bombay High Court to Hear Raj Kundra’s Bail Plea on the recent Pornography Case Today

Mumbai: Actor Shilpa Shetty’s husband Raj Kundra has filed a petition challenging his police custody and seeking bail, the Bombay high court will hear for the same today, July 27. The Mumbai Police have arrested Raj Kundra on July 20, over a case involving making porn films. Police have alleged Kundra as being one of the “key conspirator” in this case. Kundra’s police custody which expired on July 23 was extended by a metropolitan magistrate till July 27.

Police recorded Ms. Shetty’s statement yesterday evening, that if she knew about her husband’s alleged link to the pornographic films, sources said. Police have seized 48 TB worth of images and videos, most of which are adult content. The police sought remand on the grounds of suspicion that Kundra may have used the money earned in the pornography racket for online betting and hence, they needed to interrogate him with regards to the financial transaction between him and two banks.

A number of people were arrested in connection with the pornography case and later released on bail. The petition states that crime branch officials visited Kundra’s office on July 19 and after conducting a search, called him to their Byculla office on the pretext of recording his statement. However, he was arrested when he reached there.

Referring to the arrest, the petition states that the mode in which he was arrested violated the procedure, which mandates that the police have to issue proper notice to the accused before arresting him. The application was made before the magistrate court that however, the law was violated so to detain his arrest but when the remand application of the police came up before the magistrate, he did not consider Kundra’s application and granted remand till July 23.

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