[Rhea Bail Hearing-LIVE UPDATES] Bombay HC Hearing On Bail Application Of Rhea Chakraborty And Others In NDPS Case

Sayed : Can an offence of conspiracy be higher than the principal offence?

Sayed : The allegation is that we facilitated the consumption of drugs by Sushant. Accepting that theory at face value at this stage, what can I be charged for? Consumption is Sec 27. The persons can therefore be at most charged under Section 29.

Sayed : Whatever recoveries they have made today from people like Keshwani, can that be a part of the conspiracy to supply drugs to Sushant, who is now no more?

Sayed : Sushant expired in June. We are being charged with conspiracy to supply drugs to him in the month of March.

Justice Kotwal : So there is a chain?

Sayed : The chain allegedly ended with Sushant Singh, who died in June.

Sayed : On the basis of statements of the arrested persons, others were arrested, who were alleged to be in the trade.

Sayed : No recovery has been made from the five applicants before the Court.

Sayed : All these people have been rounded-up with a single submission that Sushant Singh was consuming drugs.

Adv Sayed starts submissions for co-accused Abdel Basit Parihar.

But this does not mean that other arguments are not available. One door is closed does not mean other doors are not open. I will consider other arguments : Justice S V Kotwal.