Bollywood film actress Shilpa Shetty'shusband Raj Kundra's problems in the pornographic film Racket are constantly onthe rise. Raj has been in jail for a long time. The first one to be namedbefore Raj Kundra in this case is actress Gehana Vasisth. Now Gehana is onceagain afraid of arrest as the case escalates. That is why the actress haspleaded for bail.
Earlier in August, a Mumbai Sessions Courthad also rejected her anticipatory bail plea in connection with theFIR registered against her in Malvani police station, which was thentransferred to the Mumbai Crime Branch.
Vasisth moved the anticipatory bailapplication apprehending arrest in the FIR registered under Sections 354C(outraging modesty of woman), 292 and 293 (sale of obscene material) of theIndian Penal Code; Sections 66E, 67, 67A (transmission of sexually explicitmaterial) of the Information Technology Act; and provisions of the IndecentRepresentation of Women (Prohibition) Act.
Justice Sandeep K Shinde pronouncedthe verdict today after reserving the matter for orders on September 1,2021.
The police's case against Vasisth is that shehad lured women with the promise of small acting jobs and forced them to act inobscene movies. These movies were then uploaded on the mobile app Hotshots,allegedly owned by Kundra.
The police subsequently also filed an application before a lower court to addanother charge against Vasisth under section 370 (detaining a person againsttheir will) of the IPC.
Advocate Abhishek Yende, representing Vasisth, had earlier told the High Courtthat his client allegedly has a ‘No Objection’ from the complainant, and thusarguing that IPC section 370 (regarding forced labour, trafficking) shouldn’tbe added to the list of charges.