Mumbai: Jailed underworld gangster Chhota Rajan on Friday got no interim relief from Bombay High Court after it refused to direct OTT platform Netflix to take down its web series ‘Scoop’.

“They have published (sic) it. We’ll see on the next date,” said Justice Shivkumar Dige when senior advocate Mihir Desai, for Rajendra Nikalje alias Chhota Rajan, urged that the series that was released early Friday be pulled down.

The web series is inspired by the book ‘Behind Bars In Byculla: My Days In Prison’ by former journalist Jigna Vora who was acquitted in the 2011 killing of fellow crime reporter J Dey. Rajan and 9 others were convicted in the case. Rajan moved HC to stay the release of the series.

Senior advocate Ravi Kadam, for Netflix, said all 6 episodes are released. Desai said he will show it is a matter of intellectual property rights and that Rajan has a copyright to his image.

“The basic issue is that everybody else’s name and image are changed except mine. My image is shown as if I carried out the murder. It is true I have been convicted and my appeal is pending…Can you show me as guilty to the whole world in this manner?” he asked.

Desai also said, “Lakhs of people will be watching” and “it will create a lot of problems” for Rajan.

Kadam said Rajan’s conviction and judgment are in public domain and can be referred to in books, newspapers and in a web series.

To Justice Dige’s query, what if Rajan is acquitted, Kadam replied that till the appeal is pending the conviction stands. Justice Dige posted the hearing on Wednesday allowing Rajan’s suit to be amended and the defendants to file their replies.