Rhea Chakraborty, Showik Chakraborty’s Judicial Custody Extended Till 6 October
Rhea, Showik's Judicial Custody Extended
Updated : September 22, 2020 03:34 PM IST
Actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s case has taken a different course altogether after the drug nexus with Bollywood was established. Well, Rhea Chakraborty and Showik Chakraborty's WhatsApp chats revealed their dealings with drug peddlers and during the interrogation by the NCB, Rhea took names of Sara Ali Khan and Rakul Preet Singh. It was just last night when Deepika Padukone's name too cropped up in the drug case.
Rhea Chakraborty was put under 14-day judicial custody from 8 September and today, 22 September was to be her last day. However, the Sessions Court has extended her judicial custody till 6 October, ‘20 by special Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, court.
The Jalebi actress was arrested by the NCB because of her alleged involvement in the drug case linked to the death of Sushant Singh Rajput.
According to ANI, Rhea Chakraborty and her brother Showik Chakraborty have filed for bail in the Bombay High Court, earlier today. Advocate Satish Manshinde had shared in a statement, "Rhea Chakraborty and Showik Chakraborty have filed an application for Bail in the NDPS Case in the Bombay High Court. It is coming up for hearing on 23rd Sept 2020 before Justice Sarang V Kotwal. The details of the bail applications will be shared after the hearing on 23rd Sept."
The actress has been charged under Section 8(c) (produce, manufacture, possess, sell, purchase, transport, warehouse, use, consume, import); 20(b)(ii) (punishment for contravention in relation to the cannabis plant and cannabis where such contravention relates to small quantity, involves quantity lesser than commercial quantity but greater than small quantity, involves commercial quantity); 22 (punishment for contravention in relation to psychotropic substances); 27A (punishment for financing illicit traffic and harboring offenders); 28 (punishment for attempts to commit offenses); and 29 (punishment for abetment and criminal conspiracy) of the NDPS act.