Taapsee Pannu celebrates Rhea Chakraborty's bail; told 'jailed for drugs not Sushant case'

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday granted bail to actress Rhea Chakraborty, arrested over drug-related charges in actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death case. Reacting to this, actor Taapsee Pannu has prayed that Rhea Chakraborty does not become "bitter" towards the life she has ahead of her.

'Life is unfair but at least...'

Taking to Twitter, Taapsee Pannu said, hope Rhea's time in jail "has sufficed the egos" of a lot of people out there who in the name of justice for Sushant "fulfilled their personal/professional agendas". "Life is unfair but at least it is not over as yet" 

Filmmaker Anubhav Sinha wrote: 'Finally!!! She gets bail. #RHEACHAKRABORTY' 

This celebration of Rhea's bail appears to ignore that it's hardly a clean chit and comes with many conditions, even as the CBI's phase 2 in the Sushant death probe is set to begin with the team returning to Mumbai. Summons have been sent to an eyewitness who claims to have seen Rhea Chakraborty and Sushant Singh Rajput meeting on June 13, a day before his death. Also, a bench of Justice Sarang Kotwal also granted bail to Rajput's aides Dipesh Sawant and Samuel Miranda but rejected the bail plea of Rhea Chakraborty's brother Showik Chakraborty, who is also an accused in the case. The court also rejected the bail plea of alleged drug peddler Abdel Basit Parihar.

Rhea Chakraborty and her brother were arrested last month by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in connection with its drugs probe related to the case of Rajput's death. The other accused were also arrested by the NCB during the course of its probe into the case. Rhea and her brother had approached the HC after their bail pleas were rejected by a special NDPS court in Mumbai last month. Following extensive hearings last week, the HC had closed all arguments and reserved its verdict on the pleas.

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A special NDPS court in Mumbai on Tuesday had extended the judicial remand of Rhea Chakraborty, Showik Chakraborty and others till October 20. The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), probing the drug angle into the late actor's death has arrested at least 20 people so far and has summoned various Bollywood celebrities.

Last month, the Narcotic Control Bureau while opposing bail pleas filed by actor Rhea Chakraborty and five others in the Bollywood drug case told the Bombay High Court that all persons arrested till now are connected to each other and it is a syndicate. "All persons arrested till now, are connected with each other and it is a syndicate. There was a regular link and purchasing. Therefore, the court will have to consider the case as a whole, not one accused from another," the NCB said in the court.

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(With PTI inputs)