Mumbai: Citing his upcoming wedding, Siddharth Pithani (28), arrested in a drugs case linked to the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput, has sought bail. Singh’s room-mate, Pithani was was arrested in Hyderabad on May 26 by Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) and brought to the city. The bail plea said his wedding was scheduled for June 26 in Hyderabad and he submitted a copy of the wedding invitation in court.

The bail plea, submitted by advocate Taraq Sayed, said his case was based on inadmissible statements of co-accused and Rajput’s household staff, Samuel Miranda and Dipesh Sawant. The duo claimed Pithani was the purchaser of ganja and weed.

Last year, Supreme Court held statements made to NCB officers cannot be used as confessional statements in trial of an offence or to convict an accused under NDPS Act. “It is pertinent to note that statement has been retracted on the first day of remand,” the bail plea said. It said Pithani did not have contraband on him. “In the chargesheet, no witness, statement of anyone or admissible evidence even remotely alleges the applicant was involved in financing of illicit trafficking of drugs,” the plea, to be heard on June 16, said.