Rhea Chakraborty’s bail plea was rejected by the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday stating that it cannot grant bail for cognizable offences. She was produced before the magistrate via video conferencing.

Reportedly, the court sent her in judicial custody after the Narcotics Control Bureau said it did not want her custody as it has already interrogated her for three days.

Now, we have learned that her bail was rejected under 27A of the NDPS act. According to Section 27A in the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985,

1[27A. Punishment for financing illicit traffic and harbouring offenders. Whoever indulges in the financing, directly or indirectly, any of the activities specified in sub-clauses

(i) to (v) of clause (viiia) of section 2 or harbours any person engaged in any of the aforementioned activities, shall be punishable with rigorous imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than ten years but which may extend to twenty years and shall also be liable to fine which shall not be less than one lakh rupees but which may extend to two lakh rupees: Provided that the court may, for reasons to be recorded in the judgment, impose a fine exceeding two lakh rupees]

Rhea’s lawyer Satish Maneshinde has stated that they will approach the sessions court for the bail.

Rhea was arrested by the NCB for the alleged link to drug suppliers in Sushant Singh Rajput case.