Rhea Chakraborty shares cryptic post after NCB decides to not challenge her bail in drugs case

Mumbai: In a big relief to Rhea Chakraborty, the Centre told the Supreme Court that it is not challenging the bail granted to her by the Bombay High Court in the cases registered against her under the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act. Rhea went through a harrowing time after the death of her boyfriend, Sushant Singh Rajput, in 2020. She was arrested in a drugs case linked to the actor’s death. Later, she was released on bail. Rhea has now shared a cryptic post on Instagram.

“We are not challenging the grant of bail but on the interpretation of section, please keep it open for consideration. Let the order not be a precedent also,” ASG told the bench. The apex court agreed and disposed of the government’s appeal while also clarifying that the Bombay High Court order would not be treated as a precedent.

The apex court was hearing the NCB’s petition against the Bombay High Court order of October 2020 granting bail to Chakraborty, Rajput’s girlfriend. The NCB had charged Chakraborty under the stringent Section 27-A of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act that pertains to “financing and harbouring illegal drug trafficking”. The section entails imprisonment of up to 10 years and a bar on grant of bail. The High Court had said simply paying for a particular drug transaction does not qualify as financing drug traffic.