The Supreme Court on September 22 granted actress Gehana Vasisht protection from arrest in a case related to pornographic films in which she is an accused. It directed her to cooperate in the investigation.
A bench consisting of Justices S.K. Kaul and B.R. Gavai noted that the main accused in the case is already out on bail, and issued a notice to the Maharashtra state government on a plea filed by Gehana, challenging the Bombay high court order denying her pre-arrest bail. The actress is accused of threatening, coercing and luring women with money to act in pornographic films.
Gehana’s lawyer told the apex court that this was the third FIR of the same nature and that she had been in custody for 133 days in pursuance of the first two FIRs, before being granted bail.