NCB challenge to Rhea Chakraborty’s bail in supreme court
Rhea Chakraborty was in judicial custody last year for drug related charges, in the death case of her late boyfriend, Actor, Sushant Singh Rajput.
She was granted bail on condition to submit Rs. 1 lakh bond and not to leave the country without the permission of the court. In previous month, NCB had filed a 12,000 page charge sheet before a special court in Mumbai. In the charge sheet, Rhea has been accused of hiding drugs as well as let Sushant Singh Rajput to consume drugs at her place. This offence comes under the Section 27A of the NDPS; Act that leads to a minimum of 10 years of custody with the maximum number of years being 20. Chakraborty, as per the charge sheet has been accused of have drugs like bud, marijuana, and ganja. Along with the her siblings, Rajput’s house manager Samuel Miranda and cook Dipesh Sawant have been accused of supplying drugs.
On the flip side, Her lawyer Satish Maneshinde called the charge sheet, “a damp squib”. The High Court while allowing bail to Rhea had said that she is “not part of a chain of drug dealers” and has “not pass on the drugs reputedly procured by her to somebody else to earn financial and other benefits”.