MUMBAI

The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted Shilpa Shetty's husband four weeks of protection from arrest in one of the cases related to the porn film racket. The court reportedly issued notice to Maharashtra Government on a petition filed by the businessman seeking anticipatory bail.

Earlier, in the month of November, the Bombay High Court had rejected an anticipatory bail application filed by Raj in connection with an FIR registered against him for allegedly distributing pornographic videos. Kundra had then approached the top court for relief.

A bench comprising Justices Vineet Saran and Aniruddha Bose after hearing arguments in the matter granted protection of arrest to Kundra and scheduled the matter for further hearing after four weeks. In the top court, Kundra was represented by advocate Shakti Pandey and advocate Prashant Patil.

The cyber cell of the Mumbai Police has filed a case against Kundra under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code, Indecent Representation of Women (Prevention) Act, and Information Technology Act for allegedly distributing/ transmitting sexually explicit videos. The FIR named actors Sherlyn Chopra and Poonam Pandey as co-accused.

Kundra was arrested in July this year by Mumbai Police in another case where he was accused of distributing porn films through an app. He was granted bail in September.