Sushant Singh Rajput Case: Bollywood actress Riya Chakraborty has got a big relief in the Sushant Singh Rajput case. The NCB told the Supreme Court on Tuesday that it was not challenging the bail granted to actress Rhea Chakraborty in connection with the probe into the drugs case linked to the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput.
Additional Solicitor General (ASG) SV Raju told a bench of Justices AS Bopanna and MM Sundaresh that the NCB was not challenging the bail, but the question of law with respect to Section 27-A of the NDPS Act should be kept open.
not be taken as an example
The apex court, hearing the NCB’s plea against the Mumbai High Court’s order granting bail to Sushant Singh Rajput’s girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty, took cognizance of the ASG’s plea on the change in NCB’s stand on bail to the actress, but made it clear that the High Court’s decision will not be taken as a precedent in any other case.
The bench said, “Having heard the submissions of the ASG, there does not seem to be any need to challenge the impugned order granting bail at this stage.”
The NCB has charged Riya under section 27-A of the NDPS Act which deals with ‘funding and abetting illicit drug trafficking’. In this, there is a provision of imprisonment up to 10 years and ban on bail.
The High Court had said that paying for a drug transaction does not amount to financing drug trafficking. It had said, “Therefore, the allegation against the applicant of spending money in procuring drugs for Sushant Singh Rajput would not mean that he had given money for illegal trafficking.”
Let us tell you that Riya Chakraborty has now returned to work after a long time. She is seen as a judge in MTV show Roadies.
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