Sushant Singh Rajput death case: Bombay HC adjourns hearing in Rhea Chakraborty and brother Showik's bail plea

Bombay High Court adjourns hearing in bail pleas of Rhea Chakraborty and her brother Showik Chakraborty for September 29, 2020. On Wednesday, Bombay HC had declared a holiday due to heavy rain in Mumbai as revealed by Rhea's lawyer. Rhea and her brother had on Tuesday moved bail applications in the Bombay High Court in connection with a drug case related to the death of Sushant. Meanwhile, a special (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances) court on Wednesday extended till October 6 the judicial custody of Rhea Chakraborty.

A special court in Mumbai had on September 11 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 evidence in the matter.

The special NDPS court had also rejected the bail plea of alleged drug peddler Abdul Basit Parihar, Zaid Vilatra, Rajput's personal staff, Dipesh Uttam Sawant and Rhea's associate Samuel Marshal Miranda, who was also arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in the case.

Three other accused people Dipesh Uttam Sawant, Samuel Marshal Miranda and Abdul Basit Parihar have already filed their bail pleas before the High Court. The Bombay High Court had last week adjourned the hearings on the bail pleas of three accused to September 29, 2020.

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 the Sushant death case.