Bollywood actor Rhea Chakraborty was granted bail on Wednesday by the Bombay high court, reported Hindustan Times. She was arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on September 8 for her alleged involvement in procuring marijuana for the late Sushant Singh Rajput, also her boyfriend.
However, her brother will continue to remain behind bars after his bail plea was rejected. The court also refused to grant bail to Abdel Basit Parihar, a final year student of architecture, who is accused of supplying narcotics to Rajput.
The bail came against a personal bond of INR 100,000 and one or two sureties in the same amount. The court however has imposed certain other conditions on Chakraborty as part of her bail.
She will have to surrender her passport to the investigating officer and not to leave India for the foreseeable future. The Jalebi actor is also restrained from leaving the jurisdiction of the special NDPS court in Mumbai without submitting an itinerary to the special court. Additionally, Chakraborty will also have to report to the NCB office on the first Monday of every month for the next six months.
Chakraborty’s defense celebrated the court’s decision. “We are delighted by the order of the Hon’ble Bombay High Court granting bail to Rhea Chakraborty. Truth and Justice have prevailed and ultimately the submissions on facts and law have been accepted by Justice Sarang V Kotwal,” said advocate Satish Maneshinde, Chakraborty’s attorney.
“The arrest and custody of Rhea were totally unwarranted and beyond the reach of law. The hounding and witch hunt by three central agencies.. the CBI, ED, and NCB, of Rhea should come to an end,” he added.
NCB had started an investigation into the drug angle to Rajput’s suicide after a trail of WhatsApp chats came to the fore revealing sale and purchase of drugs.
The actor was charged under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act for her alleged role in the drugs angle that has emerged during an investigation into the June 14 death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput.
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