Shilpa Shetty‘s businessman husband Raj Kundra is presently languishing in a Mumbai Jail. Kundra was arrested for his alleged involvement in an adult film racket case. Bombay High Court has granted interim relief to Raj Kundra on Wednesday (August 18). However, the court has kept his anticipatory bail application for hearing on August 25.
ANI tweeted the news and wrote, “Bombay High Court grants interim relief to businessman and Shilpa Shetty’s husband Raj Kundra and keeps his anticipatory bail application for hearing next Wednesday, 25th August.”
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday granted interim protection from arrest for a week to Raj Kundra. This is in a case registered by the Mumbai cyber police in 2020. It was based on a complaint alleging that certain online platforms were publishing obscene videos as part of their web series.
A single-judge bench of Justice Sandeep K Shinde was hearing the anticipatory bail plea by Kundra in the 2020 FIR.
Kundra approached the High Court after the sessions court rejected his pre-arrest bail plea earlier this month. He said that his name is not reflected in the FIR filed by the cyber police last year. He further added that he was just an investor a silent partner in an acquaintance’s project claimed to be a digital platform for artists to showcase their talents.
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