Earlier, during the day-long hearing, the NCB had claimed that there existed ample material to show that Rhea, Showik, and others arrested in the case, represented a "chain, an active syndicate that was involved in procuring, financing, harbouring, and abetting drugs and its consumption". Singh alleged that Rhea (28) had knowingly paid for her boyfriend Rajput's drugs and had concealed the information regarding his drug habit. This act amounted to financing and harbouring drugs under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS Act) alleged Singh. Rheas counsel Satish Maneshinde had argued that she had only occasionally paid for Rajput's drugs and this did not amount to financing. All the accused had also argued that the drugs seized by the NCB in the case were in small quantity and did not qualify as a commercial quantity that could attract stringent sections under the Act. The ASG, however, argued that the Act did not prescribe a quantity for attracting charges of financing and harbouring.