Background
Ahuja was born in New Delhi. His father was in the Indian army.
Ahuja was born in New Delhi. His father was in the Indian army.
His early schooling was at St. Xavier's School, Ranchi; later, he studied at The Army Public School, Dhaula Kuan, New Delhi. While studying at The Asian School, Dehradun, he was attracted to theater right from college days and attended several acting workshops with National School of Drama, new delhi. Later he joined the theatre group 'Tag' where he met Barry John (theatre director) and soon enough joined Barry Johns Acting School in Delhi. Sometime after 1999 he moved to Mumbai.
Before making his debut in films, Ahuja modeled and acted in commercials. He also appeared in a music video for the British-Asian band Stereo Nation.
He also played the lead role in Mahesh Bhatt's ''Gangster'', a more popular movie. In 2006, he acted in the movie''Woh Lamhe'' opposite Kangana Ranaut. In 2010, his movie ''Har Pall'' was release amid controversy because he was convicted of raping his housemaid.
He made his acting debut in the critically acclaimed Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi which debuted at various film festivals in 2004 and was released in theaters in 2005.
Ahuja was arrested in 2009 after his 20-year-old maid accused him of rape. She told police that he had molested her the day before the rape. After the rape, there was "medical evidence of assault and injuries on the victim’s private parts." "He initially claimed that he had consensual sex with his maidservant, but later broke down and confessed that it was rape." In 2010, the victim, while being cross-examined at the fast-track court in Sewri, said that Shiney did not rape her. In 2011 he was convicted and sentenced to seven years imprisonment. On April 27, 2011 he was released on bail until his appeal hearing, for which no date had been set.
