Mumbai : The Bombay High Court on Wednesday granted interim protection to businessman Raj Kundra from arrest in a case filed in 2020 in relation to an alleged adult film racket, Bar and Bench reported.
In the case that the High Court heard on Wednesday, Kundra was named in an FIR filed by the Cyber Crime department of Mumbai Police in October.
He was charged under Sections 292 and 293 (sale of obscene material) of the Indian Penal Code, Sections 66E, 67, 67A (transmission of sexually explicit material) under the Information Technology Act and provisions of the Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act.
Kundra had moved a pre-arrest bail plea in the matter.
Kundra’s counsel Advocate Prashant Patil submitted that charges in the FIR filed in the 2021 case are identical to those of the previous matter. He said there was apprehension that Kundra will be arrested in the 2020 case as well.
Patil also contended that Kundra was falsely implicated in the matter and that all other accused in the case were already out on bail.
Additional Public Prosecutor Prajakta Shinde, however, submitted that Kundra’s role was different from the other accused. She sought time to consider the merits of Kundra’s plea. The court granted her time till the next hearing on August 25 and gave Kundra protection from arrest till then.
In the 2021 case, however, the Bombay High Court on August 7 rejected petitions by Kundra and his associate Ryan Thorpe seeking release from judicial custody.
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