Porn films case: Mumbai court grants bail to Raj Kundra

Shilpa Shetty's husband Raj Kundra was granted bail on a surety of Rs 50,000. He had moved a bail application on Saturday claiming that he was being made a 'scapegoat' in the case

A Mumbai court on Monday granted bail to businessman and actor Shilpa Shetty's husband Raj Kundra in the pornography case on a surety of Rs 50,000, stated an ANI tweet.

Kundra on Saturday had moved a bail application claiming that he was being made a "scapegoat" and that there was not a single evidence of him being actively involved in the creation of the alleged questionable content in the supplementary chargesheet filed against him.

Mumbai court grants bail to businessman and actor Shilpa Shetty's husband Raj Kundra in the pornography case on a surety of Rs 50,000 pic.twitter.com/jtEB9Ixd5C

— ANI (@ANI) September 20, 2021

The crime branch, probing the case, had recently filed a supplementary chargesheet against Kundra and three others in the case pertaining to alleged creation of pornographic films and publishing them through some apps.

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After that, the accused approached the metropolitan court for bail, saying that the investigation in the case was practically over.

In the bail, filed through advocate Prashant Patil, Kundra claimed that there is not a single iota of evidence till date with the prosecution that would connect the app ''Hotshots'' with an offence under law.

Kundra was arrested on July 19 after being booked under relevant sections of the IPC and the Information Technology Act.

(With inputs from PTI)

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