The sisters moved to the high court through attorney Madhav Thorat, claiming that statements made in Rhea Chakraborty's complaint did not indicate a serious case.
The Bombay High Court on Monday ruled on a petition filed by Priyanka Singh and Meetu Singh, sisters of the late actor Sushant Singh Rajput, by ending a MOTO registered by Bandra police on September 7, 2020. The FIR is based on a complaint lodged by a Rajput's friend, actor Rhea Chakraborty Justice bench SS Shinde and Justice MS Karnik is scheduled to announce orders for an appeal this afternoon.
On September 7, 2020, Bandra Police registered a case against the sisters with a lawsuit filed by Chakraborty, alleging that Priyanka Singh, on June 8, 2020, sent orders for the late actor, by Dr. Tarun Kumar, a cardiologist at Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital in Delhi, and drugs. Chakraborty said the doctor did not examine the character and used psychotropic drugs "which may have caused and contributed to the character's suicide by suicide."
The sisters moved the high court through attorney Madhav Thorat, claiming that the statements made in it did nothing. Their application said the complaint was nothing more than a weak attempt on the part of Chakraborty to defraud the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) and to blame Rajput's family members for his suicide, as he was in the process of being arrested by the NCB. Chakraborty was arrested by the NCB on September 8. Their lawyer, attorney general Vikas Singh had stated that there had been significant delays in registering the case, while Chakraborty was well aware of the WhatsApp conversations that took place between the late actor and Priyanka Singh on June 8, but filed a complaint on September 7.
Vikas Singh also pointed out that the Telemedicine guidelines issued by the Indian medical council allowed the provision of medicines even during the initial consultation, and there was nothing wrong with what the doctor said. Attorney-General Devdatt Kamat, representing Bandra police, had been insisting that there was no illegality in registering the case. Kamat revealed that the doctor's letter (sent by Priyanka Singh to Rajput) was the first forgery.
Kamat had revealed that WhatsApp messages exchanged between the late actor and Priyanka Singh had disputed allegations that the order was followed through online consultation. He pointed out in the documents that someone other than the deceased actor had gone to Ram Manohar Lohiya Hospital as an in-house patient to obtain a medical certificate. Advocate Satish Maneshinde represented Chakraborty during the hearing. He has been emphasizing the need for circumstances related to Rajput's death. Responding to the reasons for the delay in filing the complaint, he said Chakraborty was aware of messages sent between the late actor and Priyanka Singh on June 8 and Rajput had asked him to leave his residence as he insisted he should not take illegal drugs.
However, Maneshinde said, he realized that the drugs had been purchased and their use could have led to the premature death of the actor only after some messages were sent by investigative investigators after which he lodged a complaint. Maneshinde also urged the court to allow an investigation into Chakraborty's allegations, arguing that in the case of suicide, the closest reasons were more important, and since a doctor's note was written on June 8 and the actor had ended his life six days later, on June 14, it could be the closest cause of death.
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