A court in Mumbai on Wednesday granted interim protection from arrest to Bollywood actor and model Rakhi Sawant till December 7 in a case filed against her by her estranged husband for allegedly leaking the couple’s private videos. The Dindoshi sessions court granted temporary relief to Sawant after her husband Adil Durrani sought to intervene in her anticipatory bail plea.
“As the hearing on the pre-arrest bail plea was being adjourned at her husband’s behest to allow him to file his say, it will be proper to grant her protection,” the court said, asking police not to take any “coercive action” against Sawant till December 7. The suburban Amboli police has registered a case against Sawant under section 67A of the Information Technology Act on a complaint filed by Durrani.
Durrani has accused her of showing their private videos at several places to defame him. Under section 67A, whoever publishes or transmits in the electronic form any material which contains sexually explicit act or conduct are liable to be punished for a term which may extend to five years and with fine which may extend to Rs ten lakh.’ Sawant’s pre-arrest bail plea, filed through advocate Ali Kaashif Khan Deshmukh, claimed that the sole intention of the complainant was to harass her.
The trouble between Rakhi and Adil has been going on for a long time now. In February this year, the Bigg Boss fame accused Durrani of physical assault, threatening to end her life, and indulging in several affairs while the two were still married. Adil was then arrested and remained under police custody for a long time. After he walked out of jail in August this year, he levelled shocking allegations and claimed that if any harm were to be brought to his life, Rakhi was to be blamed for it.
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