A special Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act court on Tuesday extended the judicial custody of actor Rhea Chakraborty in a case registered against her by the Narcotics Control Bureau till October 6, and she filed for bail in the Bombay High Court.
Her brother Showik has also filed for bail along with her through advocate Satish Maneshinde, and the matter will be heard on Wednesday by a single Bench of Justice S.V. Kotwal.
Ms. Rhea Chakraborty was arrested on September 8 and Mr. Showik Chakraborty was arrested on September 6. Their bail pleas were rejected by the special NDPS court on September 11.
While rejecting her bail Special Judge G.B. Gurao had said, “Rhea and late Sushant Singh Rajput were in leaving-in relationship. It is alleged that she procured drug for Sushant Singh Rajput by financing, them for that she had asked her brother Showik to arrange for the drug and for them drug were arranged from the accused Zaid Vilatra and Abdel Basit. NCB had recovered WhatsApp chats and other electronic evidence. Some amount is also transferred via credit card of accused. Further, in the present crime there is recovery of commercial quantity of LSD from accused Anuj Keshwani. The investigation is at preliminary stage, therefore, from the available record, it can not be said that there are no reasonable grounds to connect the Rhea.”
She has been charged with Sections 8(c) (produce, manufacture, possess, sell, purchase, transport, warehouse, use, consume, import); 20(b)(ii) (punishment for contravention in relation to cannabis plant and cannabis where such contravention relates to small quantity, involves quantity lesser than commercial quantity but greater than small quantity, involves commercial quantity); 22 (punishment for contravention in relation to psychotropic substances); 27A (punishment for financing illicit traffic and harbouring offenders); 28 (punishment for attempts to commit offences); and 29 (punishment for abetment and criminal conspiracy) of the NDPS Act.
