Mumbai Crime Branch files charge-sheet against Raj Kundra in porn case

MUMBAI, (PTI): The Property Cell of the Crime Branch of the Mumbai Police on Wednesday filed a supplementary charge-sheet in a pornographic content case naming jailed businessman Raj Kundra, who was arrested in the case in July.

Kundra is in judicial custody since his arrest on 19th July this year and was denied bail by various courts. His bail application is pending in the Bombay High Court, but the NRI businessman will have to move the trial court for bail as his High Court application is now infructuous.

The nearly 1,500-page charge-sheet against Kundra, 45, the husband of Bollywood actor Shilpa Shetty, and his associate Ryan Thorpe was filed before a magistrate court here by the crime branch.

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The Addl CMM (additional chief metropolitan magistrate) at the 37th Esplande court (also known as the Killa court) will take the charge-sheet on record either tomorrow or day after.

The duo have been booked under sections of the IPC related to sexual harassment and cheating, among others, as well provisions of the Information Technology Act and the Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act.

The crime branch, had in April this year, filed the first charge-sheet in the case against nine persons.

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Kundra and Thorpe were arrested by the Mumbai crime branch on July 19 and both are presently in jail under judicial custody.

The case against Kundra related to alleged creation of pornographic films and publishing them through some apps.

With the charge-sheet being filed now, Kundra is likely to get bail in this case (Property Cell Crime Branch) and could be released, provided the cops do not seek his custody in other pending cases.