The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted interim protection from arrest to Bollywood actor Poonam Pandey in a pornography case in which businessman Raj Kundra was also an accused.
A bench of Justices Vineet Saran and B V Nagarathna issued notice to the Maharashtra government on a petition filed by her.
The court directed that no coercive action should be taken against the actor for now.
The actor, in her plea, questioned the validity of the Bombay High Court's order of November 25 last year rejecting her petition for anticipatory bail.
She contended that her anticipatory bail plea was rejected though she had participated in the investigation and provided all the information. She also claimed no offence, even prima-facie, was made out against her.
A complaint was filed by Madhukar Keni on October 31 with Nodal Cyber Police Station against Raj Kundra, Poonam Pandey, Sherlyn Chopra and various others under Sections 292 of the IPC, Sections 67 and 67A of the Information Technology Act, 2000 and under Sections 3 and 4 of Indecent Women Representation Act, 1986.
The complainant alleged that websites broadcasting/exhibiting indecent video, audio files having lascivious, lustful, offensive sexual desire messages and videos are openly available through the internet.
Various Over-The-Top (OTT) Platforms viz Hotshots, Alt Balaji, Kooku, Primeflix, Flizmovies, Banana Prime were roped in as accused. It has been submitted that OTT Platforms are used for the purpose of illegal financial gains and to get benefits through mobile applications.
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(Published 18 January 2022, 09:00 IST)
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