Raj Kundra was arrested by the Mumbai Crime Department on July 19 (File)
Mumbai:
The alleged offense for which businessman Raj Kundra and his affiliate Ryan Thorpe have been arrested final month was “detrimental” to society’s well being, and society’s curiosity in such circumstances can’t be “neglected”, a Justice of the Peace’s court docket in Mumbai has mentioned.
Whereas rejecting their bail pleas on July 28 in a case associated to alleged manufacturing and streaming of pornographic content material by apps, the court docket additionally mentioned that the police had adopted the authorized process.
The detailed order handed by Extra Chief Metropolitan Justice of the Peace S B Bhajipale grew to become obtainable on Tuesday.
Mr Kundra and Mr Thorpe have been arrested by the Mumbai Crime Department on July 19, and are presently in judicial custody.
The alleged offense is “detrimental to the well being of our society”, and “societal curiosity within the prosecution of against the law which has a wider social dimension can’t be neglected”, the Justice of the Peace mentioned.
The accused have additionally moved the Bombay Excessive Courtroom difficult their arrest, pleading that the police didn’t difficulty a discover as required beneath part 41A of the Code of Prison Process earlier than the arrest. The excessive court docket has reserved its order.
However the Justice of the Peace famous that the investigating officer (IO) had recorded cause for the arrest, as required. “This court docket on July 20 (throughout a remand listening to) got here to the conclusion that the arrest of the accused is as per legislation,” the choose mentioned.
“The IO has already talked about the explanations for the arrest of each the accused. In such circumstances, it can’t be mentioned that the accused are entitled to bail,” the Justice of the Peace mentioned.
As per the IO’s reply, Pradeep Bakshi, an accused who’s a relative of Mr Kundra, was on the run. Additionally, an enormous quantity of knowledge was collected by the police and its evaluation was nonetheless occurring, the court docket mentioned.
Remanding the accused in judicial custody (as towards police custody) doesn’t imply that the probe is over, it mentioned.
The accused had deleted some incriminating information and there was each risk that they might tamper with proof if launched on bail, the court docket mentioned.
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