The hearing on the bail appeal of Bollywood actor Rhea Chakraborty & her brother Showik will be held tomorrow as the High Court of Bombay declared holiday on Wednesday, her counsel said.

The HC declared a holiday for the Court due to the heavy rain in the State capital & added that all hearings slated for today will be taken up tomorrow.

Rhea's lawyer Satish Maneshinde told reporters that "The Chief Justice has declared a holiday today for the Bombay High Court and today's board will be taken up tomorrow".

On Tuesday, Rhea and her brother moved bail applications in the High Court of Bombay in connection with a drug case related to the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput. Meanwhile, a special (Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances) court had yesterday extended till Oct 6 the judicial custody of Rhea Chakraborty.

On Sept 11, a Special Court in Mumbai rejected the bail appeal of Rhea, her brother, & others observing that if she is released on bail she may alert other accused persons & they may destroy evidence in the matter. 

The special NDPS court had also rejected the bail plea of alleged drug peddler Abdul Basit Parihar, Zaid Vilatra, Rajput's personal staff, Dipesh Uttam Sawant and Rhea's associate Samuel Marshal Miranda, who were also arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in the case.

3 other accused persons -- Dipesh Uttam Sawant, Samuel Marshal Miranda & Abdul Basit Parihar -- have already filed their bail pleas before the HC. The High Court of Bombay had last week adjourned the hearings on the bail pleas of three accused to Sept 29.

The NCB had launched an investigation after it received official communication from Enforcement Directorate (ED), in which there were various chats related to drug consumption, procurement, usage & transportation in connection with the Sushant Singh Rajput death case.

On July 31, the Enforcement Directorate registered an Enforcement Case Information Report in the late actor's death case after a First Information Report was filed by Rajput's father KK Singh against Rhea Chakraborty in Bihar on July 28.

Sushant Singh Rajput was found dead at his Mumbai residence on June 14.

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