A sessions court earlier this week rejected the anticipatory bail plea of actress Rakhi Sawant in the case in which her ex-husband accused her of circulating his private videos containing sexually explicit material. The judge held that the material was in fact not only obscene but also sexually explicit. The judge also pointed out that there were criminal antecedents what with another case under the Information Technology Act pending against her.
The judge remarked that the investigation officer had raised objections that the devices used for transmission and storage of the disputed material needed to be seized and admittedly, the devices were still with the applicant. He also said that the screenshots were of kissing and some were of a nude couple in a bathtub. He added, “It is alleged that the applicant (Sawant) played video on her mobile phone in one TV show… The show was transmitted. It is further alleged that the applicant circulated the objectionable material in the WhatsApp group and that the disputed photographs and the videos were shared by the applicant by providing the link.”