Actress Rhea Chakraborty moved to Bombay High Court on Wednesday after her bail statement was rejected in NDPS special court on Tuesday and she was granted an extension of another 14 days of custody until October 6. In her petition to the High Court, Rhea, through her lawyer Satish Maneshinde, has affirmed her innocence in the drug case for which she has been arrested and has stated that “she has not committed any crime”.
Rhea has also stated in her guilty plea that the Office of Narcotics Control (OCN) is deliberately trying to invoke strict charges against her and her family, adding that she has been subjected to a “witch hunt” by the OCN. and three other investigative agencies, including the Mumbai Police, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Directorate of Enforcement (ED). Additionally, Rea, the first defendant in the case officially recorded by the IWC, also said in her bail statement that judicial custody has had a “serious impact on her mental health and well-being” and that any further extensions are likely. make it worse. mental health.
His bond statement was scheduled to be heard by a single bank chaired by Judge Sarang Kotwal on Wednesday. However, given that the High Court suspended the day’s hearings due to heavy rains in the city, the guilty plea is likely to be heard on Thursday.
Chakraborty further said in her plea that the late actor Sushant Singh Rajput had been in the habit of using drugs, in particular “ganja”, even before she had a relationship with him. While she sometimes bought her drugs in “small amounts” and also “occasionally paid for them herself,” she was not part of any drug syndicate. Chakraborty has been booked by the NCB on various charges, including financing the illicit drug trade under Section 27-A of the Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS).
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The actress said she was wrongly booked under Section 27-A of the NDPS Act, which imposes a ban on the posting of bail to the defendant by stating that no drugs were seized from her possession. Chakraborty said that some other defendants in the case had faced identical charges, but had not been registered under the strict Section 27-A. She also said that, at best, she can be accused of having bought drugs in small quantities for her boyfriend. However, she was doing her best to get Raj to kick his drug habit, the actress said.
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Furthermore, if the Rajput were alive today, she would have been charged simply for drug use and would have requested a maximum sentence of only one year, while she has been charged under sections that impose a maximum sentence of up to 20 years, Chakraborty said. in supplication. In a similar argument last week on the other grounds, Judge Kotwal noted that the NDPS Act takes an “empathic approach” towards the drug addict with a view to rehabilitation.
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However, the law aims to put an end to all illicit drug trafficking and therefore carries severe punishment for those involved in the acquisition, financing and production of drugs. Earlier this month, a special NDPS court in the city rejected the bail requests of the actress and her brother Showik Chakraborty, saying that if they are released on bail, they could alter the evidence. The actor is currently housed in the Byculla Women’s Prison in the city. Tuesday’s guilty plea hearing resulted in a setback for Rhea, her brother Showik and the others, as the NDPS special court extended their custody for 14 days until October 6.
This comes after Rhea Chakraborty cracked before questioning by the NCB after previously stating that she had never used drugs and duplicating her presentation even before she allegedly admitted drug trafficking charges.
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(With PTI inputs)
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