Raj Kundra, Shilpa Shetty's husband, denied bail in porn films case

Mumbai, July 28: A Mumbai court on Wednesday rejected Raj Kundra's bail plea application in the case of producing and distributing pornographic content.

Kundra, the husband of actor Shilpa Shetty, was arrested on July 19 by the Mumbai Police''s crime branch in the porn films case filed in February this year.

After Kundra''s arrest, the crime branch had described him as the "key conspirator" of the case. He has been booked under Indian Penal Code Sections 420 (cheating), 34 (common intention), 292 and 293 (related to obscene and indecent advertisements and displays), and relevant sections of the IT Act and the Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act.

The police claimed that during the probe into the case, it was found Kundra set up Armsprime Media Pvt Ltd, which, through London-based Kenrin Pvt Ltd, bought Hotshots app to upload objectional videos on social media.

They had also alleged that Kundra earned over Rs 1.17 crore between August and December last year by uploading pronographic content online, through Hotshots.

The police also claimed to have found 51 obscene videos- 35 with Hotshots logo and 16 with BollyFame logo, during searches at the office of the accused.