Raj Kundra granted bail in pornography case, signs 50000 INR surety

A magistrate court here on Monday granted bail to businessman Raj Kundra, an accused in the case of a pornographic film in which he was arrested two months ago. Kundra's associate Ryan Thorpe, who was arrested along with him in July, was also granted bail by the court.

Kundra (46) had filed a bail plea before the court, claiming there was not a single evidence against him in a supplementary charge sheet filed by the Mumbai police crime branch in the case. The businessman, in the plea, had claimed there was no evidence of him being "actively" involved in the creation of alleged questionable porn content and that he was being made a "scapegoat" in the case.

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

Kundra, husband of Bollywood actor Shilpa Shetty, was arrested on July 19 after being booked under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and Information Technology. There have also been rumours floating around that Shilpa Shetty has been considering separating from her husband after the incident. In a recent statement given to the Police, she has claimed that she had no idea what Raj Kundra had been doing since she was busy with her own work.