[Porn film case] Supreme Court stays Bombay High Court order rejecting Gehana Vasisth anticipatory bail

The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the Bombay High Court order which had rejected the anticipatory bail plea filed by actor Gehana Vasisth in relation to the porn film case (Gehana Vasisth v. State of Maharashtra)..The Bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and BR Gavai ordered that Vasisth not be arrested in the third FIR and that she join the investigation as and when required. .Advocate Ajit Wagh for Vasisth argued that the prosecution had said they need custody because a pornography racket had to be unearthed."The First FIR was based on a tip received. Yasmin was caught. Larger investigation going on. The police found that the petitioner was a friend of Yasmin. Gehana has been in custody for 133 days. Charge-sheet has been filed in the first FIR. Material is all the same," Wagh argued. .Vasisth had moved the anticipatory bail application apprehending arrest in the FIR registered under Sections 354C (outraging modesty of woman), 292 and 293 (sale of obscene material) of the Indian Penal Code; Sections 66E, 67, 67A (transmission of sexually explicit material) of the Information Technology Act; and provisions of the Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act..The case was filed after the police received a complaint stating that Vasisth, who was allegedly the director of porn films, threatened, coerced and lured women with money to act in “obscene film videos”. The complainant had claimed that she was coerced to act in obscene videos for Vasisth's films, which were uploaded on mobile application NewFlix..On September 7, the High Court had rejected the anticipatory bail plea filed by Vasisth..Businessman Raj Kundra is also an accused in another FIR filed in relation to the porn film case. Earlier this week, he was granted bail by the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate at Esplanade, Mumbai.[Read Order].[Porn film case] Bombay High Court rejects anticipatory bail application of Gehana Vasisth