NCB moves SC against Bombay HC order granting bail to actress Rhea Chakraborty in drugs case

The Bombay High Court had granted bail to the actress and directed her to deposit a personal bond of Rs 1 lakh

The Narcotics Control Bureau has approached the Supreme Court challenging the Bombay High Court order, granting bail to Rhea Chakraborty in cases registered against her under the NDPS Act.

A bench of Chief Justice S A Bobde and Justices A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian is likely to hear the matter on March 18.

The High Court granted bail in October, 2020 to Rhea after furnishing a bond of Rs one lakh.

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She was among the 20 people arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in connection with the drugs angle probe into the death of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput.

Rhea had spent 28 days in custody.

Rhea’s counsel had contended that the NCB lacked jurisdiction to probe the matter in view of the Supreme Court order of August 19, 2020 directing to hand over all investigations in the Sushant case to the CBI. The offences under which the accused were nabbed by the NCB were bailable and the charges under the NDPS Act Section 217A against the accused did not have supporting evidence.

Rhea and her brother Showik Chakraborty and three others -- Abdel Basit Parihar, Samuel Miranda and Dipesh Sawant -- were accused of having facilitated the procurement of drugs for consumption by late actor Sushant Singh Rajput.