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

Desai : It is absurd for the prosecution to say that Miranda conspired with the co-accused for an offence under Section 27A.

Desai : My(Miranda) role was only to collect the drugs at the instance of my master and to deliver it to him.

Desai : Miranda was a house help of Sushant. The contraband was purchased at the instance of Sushant or his friends. The relationship is that of master and servant. His role is merely of a servant. There is no case of he selling drugs to Sushant.

Desai reads out from the NCB affidavit the allegations that Miranda used to procure ganja for Sushant on multiple occasions.

Adv Subodh Desai now making submissions for Samuel Miranda, Sushant's house help.

Maneshinde further submits that the NCB has no jurisdiction to investigate the case, as they had to transfer the case to CBI as per Supreme Court orders. SC had ordered that all cases related to Sushant's death should be probed by CBI, he adds.

If Sushant is alive today, he will be punished under Sec 27 for consumption, which attracts punishment of 6 months - 1 year. If the main beneficiary gets only that punishment, how can Rhea & Showik be charged with Sec 27A which attracts 10-20 yrs punishment: Rhea's lawyer.

If the beneficiary can only get smaller punishment, how can Rhea and Showik be punished under Section 27A :Maneshinde (Rhea's lawyer).

Sushant would have then claimed the immunity of rehabilitation and got away with punishment for small quantities : Maneshinde (Rhea's lawyer).

Had Sushant Singh Rajput been alive today, he would have been punished under Section 20 : Maneshinde (Rhea's lawyer).