BUSINESSMAN Raj Kundra and his associate Ryan Thorpe on Thursday filed bail applications in a sessions court here in the case related to the alleged creation and streaming of pornographic content through apps.
The duo approached the sessions court after a metropolitan magistrate court denied bail to them on July 28.
As the matter came up for hearing on Thursday, additional sessions judge Sonali Agarwal asked the prosecution to file its reply and adjourned the matter till August 10.
Kundra and Thorpe were to arrested by the Mumbai crime branch on July 19.
Earlier on Thursday, Director of Armsprime Media Private Limited Saurabh Kushwaha was summoned for questioning by the Property Cell of Mumbai Crime Branch.
Meanwhile, a Mumbai Sessions Court on Thursday said it will hear bail applications of businessman and actor Shilpa Shetty’s husband Raj Kundra and his associate Ryan Thorpe on August 10.
The court also issued to Mumbai Police and asked for its reply on the bail plea.
Both Kundra and Thorpe have challenged the magistrate court’s order that rejected their bail applications.
Currently, both are in judicial custody in the pornography case.
Kundra has been to name as the key conspirator by the Mumbai Police which has slapped charges against him under Sections 420 (cheating), 34 (common intention), 292, and 293 (related to obscene and indecent advertisements and displays).
The Indian Penal Code (IPC) besides relevant sections of the IT Act
The Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act.
On August 2, the Bombay High Court reserved its order on petitions filed by Raj Kundra and his associate Ryan Thorpe challenging their arrest in a case in connection with the pornography racket case.
During the proceedings of the court, the investigating officer told the court that 68 pornography videos were to found on Kundra’s laptop.
Police added that a film script with sexual content was also to found on Kundra’s personal laptop. On July 27, the court in Mumbai sent Raj Kundra along with his associate Ryan Thorpe to judicial custody for 14 days.
Kundra was to arrested by police on July 19 along with 11 other people on charges related to the alleged creation of pornographic films.
Earlier on July 25, police had informed that four employees of Kundra have turned witnesses against him in the pornography racket case, increasing troubles for him.