Mumbai: A sessions court this week rejected the anticipatory bail plea of actor Rakhi Sawant after her ex-husband accused her of circulating his private videos containing sexually explicit material.

The judge held that if the allegations and the material is not only of obscene but it is sexually explicit material. The judge also pointed out that with another case under the IT Act pending against Sawant, criminal antecedents were there.

“It is the argument of the applicant (Sawant) that she has participated in the investigation and has co-operated with the investigation machinery. However, the investigation officer…has raised one of the objections that the devices used for transmission and storage of the disputed material, needs to be seized and admittedly the devices are still with the applicant..,” the judge said.

The judge also said that the screenshots are of kissing and some are of a nude couple in a bathtub. “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. It is further alleged that the disputed photographs and the videos were shared by the applicant by providing the link,” the judge said.