On Raj Kundra's orders, around 70 videos were made by Small Production Firms
Around 70 videos were made by Small Production Firms as per sources.
On Monday night, Raj Kundra (45), husband of Bollywood actor Shilpa Shetty, was arrested by the Mumbai crime branch in a case related to alleged creation of pornographic films and publishing them through some apps. He is in police custody till July 23.
At present, Mumbai Crime Branch is analyzing 70 videos allegedly produced on orders of actor Shilpa Shetty’s husband Raj Kundra. On Monday, the police had described Kundra as the “key conspirator" of the case, which was registered on February 4 at the Malwani police station in suburban Mumbai. In all, 11 persons have been arrested so far in the case, the police have said.
As reported by News18, Kundra has been booked under sections 420 (cheating), 34 (common intention), 292 and 293 (related to obscene and indecent advertisements and displays) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) besides relevant sections of the IT Act and the Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act.
Amid the controversy, the lawyer of Shilpa Shetty’s husband has defended the content produced by the businessman, saying that it is what web shows are working on these days - vulgar content. He added that the clips cannot be classified as porn. No scene shows that two persons indulged in an act of intercourse, hence, it cannot be called porn, the lawyer was quoted as saying by The Times of India.
Indian Law on Adult Content
In India, Porn movie industry is banned. However, the constitution of India has specified certain laws against the same.
Section 292
The law states that anything shall be deemed to be obscene “if it is lascivious or appeals to the prurient interest or if its effect (is) such as to tend to deprave and corrupt person”
Section 293
This law states punishment for any person who “sells, lets to hire, distributes, exhibits or circulates to any person under the age of twenty years any such obscene object as is referred to in the last preceding section, or offers or attempts so to do”.
Section 67 of IT Act
The act seeks punishment for anyone who “publishes or transmits or causes to be published or transmitted in the electronic form” any obscene material.
Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act
This Act prohibits indecent representation of women through advertisements or in publications, writings, paintings, figures or in any other manner and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
