Notice was sent to Raj, did not accept the notice
After his arrest, Raj Kundra filed a petition in the High Court calling his arrest illegal. During the hearing of the petition, the Public Prosecutor presented many revelations and facts. He told the court why the arrest of Raj Kundra was justified. The prosecutor said user files, emails, messages, face time, internet browsing history, customer information and various types of invoices were found from Raj Kundra’s laptop. Prosecutors said the crime branch found 51 adult films from Storage Network, while 68 adult films were found from Raj Kundra’s laptop.
Along with this, the details of Hotshots application were found in the powerpoint presentation, which included all the information about the marketing strategy, function. Also the script of the film comes with sexual content. Some emails have been revived. Raj Kundra’s WhatsApp group gets acquisition of Ryan, Viaan Industries’ account, Bolifem. With this a lot of material could not be revived.
Along with this, Ryan’s chat with Pradeep Bakshi along with Raj Kundra and Umesh Kamat has been found. According to the Public Prosecutor, a 41A notice was served to Raj Kundra, but he did not accept the notice. Raj Kundra did not cooperate in the ongoing investigation. Also Raj Kundra was destroying the evidence. Many chats and evidence have been destroyed.
Raj Kundra was the admin of the WhatsApp group of the Hotshots app, which was banned by Google for obscene content. This content violates the guidelines on nudity and sexual content. According to the Public Prosecutor, after banning Hotshots, there is talk of bringing Bollyfem under Plan B. Kundra’s lawyer Abad Ponde refuted the allegations, arguing that the police had searched all equipment, including phones and laptops. Thorpe’s counsel Abhinav Chandrachud argued that notice under section 41A was served to Thorpe, but he was not given time to comply or respond. Thorpe was arrested before he could respond to the notice.
Chandrachud expressed many doubts regarding the matter. The court reserved the order after the arguments of both the parties. Kundra also said in the petition that the pornographic material the police is talking about is not actually a sexual act but is showing the material in the form of a short film, which is erotic in a way. Meanwhile, on Monday, August 2, the sessions court reserved its order on the anticipatory bail plea filed by Kundra in another similar case registered by the police last year. He will deliver his verdict on August 7.