New Delhi, 4.2.2022,
Thursday
Supreme
Court Grants Protection from Arrest to Sherlyn Chopra in Pornography Case
The
Supreme Court on Friday granted protection from arrest to actress Sherlyn
Chopra in porn films racket case. A bench of Justices Vineet Saran and
Aniruddha Bose issued notice to the Maharashtra government on the appeal filed
by Chopra against a Bombay High Court order rejecting her anticipatory bail.
“Issue
notice… In the meanwhile, no coercive action shall be taken against the
petitioner," the bench said. Advocate Sunil Fernandes, appearing for
Chopra, submitted that protection has already been given to other accused in
the case.
Chopra
has been arrayed as an accused in the FIR along with actor Poonam Pandey.
Pandey was given protection from arrest by the top court on January 18. The
high court had rejected her anticipatory bail application on November 25, 2021.
In
October 2021, Shilpa Shetty and Raj Kundra slapped Rs 50 crore defamation case
against Sherlyn Chopra days after she filed an FIR against the businessman in
Mumbai. In the notice, the couple also dismissed Sherlyn’s allegations about
sexual harassment and criminal intimidation. According to reports, the
actor-model filed a police complaint on October 14.
In December, the apex court
had granted protection from arrest to Raj Kundra in connection with an FIR
registered against him for allegedly distributing pornographic videos. Kundra
had been booked under certain Sections of the Indian Penal Code, Indecent
Representation of Women (Prevention) Act and Information Technology Act, for
allegedly distributing/ transmitting sexually explicit videos. Fearing arrest,
Kundra first sought anticipatory bail from the sessions court, but it was
refused. He then moved the high court, claiming that he had been framed.