Bollywood
actress
Rhea
Chakraborty
will
have
to
spend
five
more
nights
in
the
Byculla
Women's
Jail
in
Mumbai,
before
her
bail
plea
hearing
completes
in
the
Bombay
High
Court.
The
actress
was
arrested
by
the
Narcotics
Control
Bureau
(NCB)
on
September
9,
2020,
in
connection
with
consumption
of
drugs
and
procurement
of
drugs
for
late
actor
Sushant
Singh
Rajput.
Rhea
Chakraborty
had
completed
her
14-day
judicial
custody
on
September
23
and
we
had
reported
that
her
time
in
jail
has
been
extended
till
October
6.
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The
bail
plea
hearing
of
Rhea
Chakraborty
and
her
brother
Showik
Chakraborty
(who
was
also
arrested
in
the
case)
was
supposed
to
happen
on
September
23.
However,
due
to
heavy
rain
in
Mumbai,
the
bail
plea
hearing
was
postponed
to
September
24.
A
part
of
the
hearing
did
take
place
on
September
24
and
was
later
deferred
to
September
29
by
the
Bombay
HC
Judge
Sarang
Kotwal.
Rhea
Chakraborty's
lawyer
Satish
Maneshinde
said
in
a
statement
on
September
24,
"The
bail
applications
of
Rhea
and
Showik
were
heard
by
Justice
Sarang
Kotwal.
We
raised
points
that
the
investigations
by
NCB
are
without
jurisdiction
and
illegal
in
view
of
the
fact
that
the
Case
no.16/20
is
in
relation
to
drug
angle
in
the
death
of
SSR
(Sushant
Singh
Rajput)
as
per
NCB.
The
SC
in
its
order
dated
19th
Aug
had
directed
that
all
cases
in
relation
to
SSR
death
be
transferred
to
CBI.
Therefore
the
investigations
are
illegal."
Maneshinde
also
argued
that
the
offenses
for
which
she's
charged
are
bailable,
as
Section
27A
is
not
applicable
to
the
present
case.
Section
27A
pertains
to
punishment
for
harbouring
offenders
and
financing
illicit
traffic
of
drugs.
"The
embargo
on
bail
under
Section
37
of
NDPS
Act
(Narcotic
Drugs
and
Psychotropic
Substances
Act,
1985)
applies
to
Commercial
Quantities
only
and
the
offenses
in
relation
to
Rhea
at
worst
are
of
small
quantity
and
nothing
has
been
seized
from
Rhea
and
called
that
it
is
a
witch
hunt
and
nothing
else,"
added
Maneshinde.
The
Bombay
High
Court
Judge
conducted
the
hearing
for
sometime
and
later
directed
further
hearing
of
all
bail
applications
to
September
29.
Meanwhile,
the
NCB
took
the
Court's
permission
to
question
Showik
Chakraborty
and
Deepesh
Sawant
at
the
Taloja
Jail
in
Navi
Mumbai,
before
they
called
Bollywood
actresses
Sara
Ali
Khan
and
Shraddha
Kapoor
for
questioning
in
the
case.
FilmiBeat
has
learnt
that
a
senior
official
of
the
NCB
said
that
there
are
a
few
aspects
in
both
the
cases
which
warrant
examination
of
the
actresses
-
the
Bollywood
drug
angle
as
well
as
the
Sushant
Singh
Rajput
drug
case
-
as
both
Sara
Ali
Khan
and
Shraddha
Kapoor
had
known
him
and
visited
his
farmhouse
near
Mumbai.