LIVE: Rhea Chakraborty moves out of Byculla jail

17:44 October 07

LIVE: Rhea Chakraborty moves out of Byculla jail

Actor Rhea Chakraborty released from Byculla jail after a month. She was granted bail by Bombay High Court in a drug-related case filed against her by Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB).

17:25 October 07

Rhea's lawyer reaches Byculla jail with release orders

After actor Rhea Chakraborty was granted bail by the Bombay High Court on Wednesday following judicial custody of 28 days, the actress's lawyer, Satish Maneshinde has reached the Byculla jail with release orders.

11:07 October 07

Bombay High court grants bail to actor Rhea Chakraborty

Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday granted bail to actress Rhea Chakraborty but rejected the bail plea of her brother Showik in connection with a drug case related to the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput.

A single-judge bench of Justice Sarang Kotwal also rejected the bail pleas of alleged drug peddler Abdul Basit Parihar and granted bail to Rhea's associate Samuel Miranda and Rajput's personal staff Dipesh Sawant. They were all arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in the case.

The bench granted bail to Rhea on furnishing a personal bond of Rs 1 lakh.

"Rhea should mark her presence for 10 days in the police station after release, deposit her passport, not travel abroad without court permission and inform the investigating officer if she has to leave Greater Mumbai," the bench said.

Notably, a special (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances) court in Mumbai had yesterday extended till October 20 the judicial custody of Rhea Chakraborty, her brother Showik and others.

The NCB had launched an investigation after it received official communication from Enforcement Directorate (ED), in which there were various chats related to drug consumption, procurement, usage and transportation in connection with Rajput's death case.

The ED had on July 31 registered an Enforcement Case Information Report in the late actor's death case after a First Information Report was filed by Rajput's father KK Singh against Rhea Chakraborty in Bihar on July 28.

 Earlier, the court had rejected the bail plea of Rhea, her brother, and others observing that if she is released on bail she may alert other accused persons and they may destroy the evidence in the matter.

Rhea was arrested on September 9 by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) which is probing the drugs angle in the death of Bollywood actor Sushant, who was Rhea's live-in partner.

Besides her, 19 others including her brother Showik Chakraborty, drug peddlers, suppliers and persons linked with the film industry have also been arrested so far, and several top actresses have been questioned. Sushant was found dead on June 14 in his Bandra flat.

With inputs from ANI