During
her
bail
hearing
before
the
Bombay
High
Court
on
September
29,
Rhea
Chakraborty's
lawyer
Satish
Maneshinde
said
that
Sushant
Singh
Rajput
had
been
consuming
drugs
since
before
he
met
Rhea.
He
also
pointed
that
if
Sushant
had
been
alive
today,
he
would
have
been
punished
under
Section
20.
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"It
is
not
that
Sushant
Singh
Rajput
got
into
drugs
after
Rhea
came
into
his
life.
His
co-stars
Sara
Ali
Khan
and
Shraddha
Kapoor
appear
to
have
given
statements
Sushant
Singh
Rajput
was
consuming
drugs
much
prior
to
2019,"
said
Maneshinde
during
the
bail
hearing
on
Tuesday.
Rhea,
her
brother
Showik
Chakraborty,
and
several
others
have
been
arrested
in
connection
with
the
drugs
case
that
emerged
from
Sushant's
death
case.
Rhea
is
currently
lodged
at
Byculla
Jail.
According
to
the
Narcotics
Control
Bureau,
Rhea
was
part
of
a
drugs
syndicate
and
had
purchased
narcotics.
"Had
Sushant
Singh
Rajput
been
alive
today,
he
would
have
been
punished
under
Section
20,"
said
Maneshinde
and
added,
"Sushant
would
have
then
claimed
the
immunity
of
rehabilitation
and
got
away
with
punishment
for
small
quantities,"
He
continued,
"There
is
nothing
to
say
that
Rhea
financed
any
illicit
drug
purchase.
Even
if
the
prosecution
case
is
accepted,
that
it
only
small
quantity
for
the
consumption
of
Sushant
Singh
Rajput."
He
also
said
that
during
the
time
Rhea
and
Sushant
were
living
together,
the
latter
was
the
only
consumer
of
drugs.
Maneshinde
further
said
that
the
amount
allegedly
purchased,
which
is
said
to
be
'25
grams
for
the
consumption
of
Sushant'
-
indicates
that
they
were
not
purchasing
it
for
profit.