Sushant Singh Case: Rhea Chakraborty gets lucky
Mumbai, 8th October: Bollywood actress and girlfriend of the late actor Sushant Singh Rajput gets released from Mumbai jail almost a month after her arrest.
According to reports from NDTV, Rhea Chakraborty left Mumbai’s Byculla prison yesterday evening after being granted bail by the Bombay High Court, 28 days after her arrest on drug-related charges in the Sushant Singh Rajput case. Her brother Showik has been denied bail.
The actress hounded by the media reporters, left in her car windows of which were covered with newspaper.
Rhea Chakraborty and her brother were among 15 people arrested in early September over allegations of arranging drugs for Sushant Singh Rajput, who was found dead in his Mumbai home on June 14.
While granting bail to Rhea Chakraborty, the Bombay High Court demolished the Narcotics Control Bureau’s case against the 28-year-old actor, who was accused of being “an active member of a drug syndicate”. The High Court said she was not a part of a chain of drug dealers.
Reports from NDTV tell us that the order also noted that the investigation had found Sushant Singh Rajput used to procure drugs and many others helped him.
“Since she has no criminal antecedents, there are reasonable grounds for believing that she is not likely to commit any offence while on bail,” the order said.
The court said that simply buying drugs for someone doesn’t mean she had financed illicit traffic. The court also noted that the actor’s charges did not involve a commercial quantity of drugs.
The court also disagreed with the drugs agency’s argument that celebrities and role models should be treated harshly to set an example. “I do not agree. Everybody is equal before the law. No celebrity or role model enjoys any special privilege before the court of law.”
For her bail, Rhea Chakraborty has to submit 1 lakh as bond and mark her presence daily at the nearest police station for 10 days after her release. She also has to hand over her passport and cannot travel abroad without the court’s permission.
In her bail petition, Rhea Chakraborty had said that she and her brother were sole targets of a witch-hunt by multiple agencies who had found no evidence incriminating her.
Investigations into Sushant Singh Rajput’s alleged suicide case has taken many twists and turns over the past few months.
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