Sushant Singh Rajput’s death: Rhea Chakraborty granted bail by Bombay HC in drugs case

File image: Rhea Chakraborty

The Bombay High Court on October 7 granted bail to actor Rhea Chakraborty in the narcotics case related to actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death. However, the court rejected her brother Showik Chakraborty’s bail plea.

Chakraborty received the bail on personal bond of Rs 1 lakh.

Additionally, she had to deposit her passport with the investigating agency and cannot leave the country without prior permission from the Special Judge for NDPS. She would have to inform the investigating officer before travelling out of Greater Mumbai.

“She is not part of the chain of drug dealers. She has not forwarded the drugs allegedly procured by her to somebody else to earn monetary or other benefits,” the High Court observed in its order.

The court further observed that since Chakraborty had "no criminal antecedents, there are reasonable grounds for believing that she is not likely to commit any offence while on bail."

“There are reasonable grounds for believing that the applicant is not guilty of any offence punishable under Sections 19, 24 or 27A (of NDPS Act) or any other offence involving commercial quantity,” the court added.

Chakraborty was arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on September 8, following three days of questioning and was charged under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985. A special court had remanded Chakraborty to 14-day judicial custody, which was later extended.

NCB has alleged that Chakraborty, who was Rajput’s girlfriend, procured drugs for the actor who was found dead in his Mumbai residence in June.

Recently, an All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) forensic team that was re-evaluating Rajput’s post-mortem report, ruled out any foul play in the actor’s death and concluded that he died by suicide. AIIMS doctors termed his death as "a case of hanging and death by suicide".

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had taken over the probe into the alleged abetment to suicide case filed by the Rajput's father KK Singh in Patna against Chakraborty and her family.

The central probe agency had said that it has not reached any conclusion in Rajput's death case and that all aspects were under investigation.