Rhea Chakraborty’s brother Showik Chakraborty was granted bail by a special NDPS court on Wednesday. As you might be aware, he was arrested in September for procuring anti-narcotics substances in the alleged Bollywood drug case related to the Sushant Singh Rajput death probe. His lawyer Satish Maneshinde had applied for Showik’s bail in November which was rejected by the Special Court. In his second appeal, he had cited a recent Supreme Court verdict which said that statements to the NCB officers are not admissible as evidence.
In his bail plea, Satish had written, “In the facts and circumstances of the present case, given that no commercial quantity has been alleged in respect of the applicant, there has been no recovery from the applicant and that all allegations pertain only to small quantities, the embargo imposed by Section 37 of the NDPS Act, 1985 would not be applicable.”
Among other things, the NCB had alleged that Rhea and Showik were part of a narcotics syndicate and the siblings were involved in drug deals, had links with the drugs cartels and peddlers from whom they procured drugs and made payments. The NCB came into the picture after the Enforcement Directorate started probing certain money-laundering charges in Sushant Singh’s death and came across some social media chats from Rhea’s mobile phone, suggesting alleged drugs links.
Rhea, 28 was arrested by the NCB on September 8 and granted bail after a month on October 7, even as over two dozen persons, including Bollywood-linked persons, narcotics peddlers, suppliers and financers have been arrested or interrogated. In its recent ruling the SC said that no confession made to a police officer shall be taken into account in order to convict an accused under the NDPS Act.
Sushant was found dead at his Bandra home on June 14, sparking off a huge political controversy, an upheaval in Bollywood besides multiple probes by the Mumbai Police, Patna Police, Central Bureau of Investigation, ED and the NCB.
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