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SC grants protection from arrest to actress Poonam Pandey in pornography case

By Aman Shukla

The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted protection from arrest to Bollywood actress Poonam Pandey in the pornography films racket case, where Raj Kundra, spouse of actress Shilpa Shetty is one of main accused.

A bench of Justices Vineet Saran and B.V. Nagarathna gave notice to the Maharashtra government on an appeal filed by Pandey challenging a Bombay High Court order which trashed her anticipatory bail plea. “Issue notice.. In the meanwhile, no coercive action shall be taken against the petitioner,” said the top court in its order.

In November last year, the Bombay High Court declined to grant relief to Pandey. She moved the Supreme Court challenging the high court order. Pandey has been made an accused in the FIR alongside actress Sherlyn Chopra.

On December 15, the Supreme Court granted Kundra 4 weeks protection from arrest in one of the cases connected with pornography film racket.

 

Aman Shukla

Aman Shukla is a post-graduate in mass communication. A media enthusiast who has a stronghold on communication, content writing, and copy writing. Aman is currently working as a subeditor at dailyindianews.com and can be reached at [email protected]