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SC refuses to transfer Sushant Singh Rajput's suicide case to CBI

Supreme Court has refused to entertain a plea demanding a CBI investigation in the death case of actor Sushant Singh Rajput. The apex court said that police is already investigating the case and asked the petitioner to move to the Bombay High Court.

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Published : Jul 30, 2020, 3:36 PM IST

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday has dismissed a petition seeking transfer of Sushant Singh Rajput's suicide case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

The apex court observed that the police should be allowed to do their job and it has nothing to do with whether a person was good or bad, it is about the jurisdiction. The petition was filed by Alka Priya.

Read:| FIR against actor Rhea Chakraborty after Sushant's family files complaint

The court further asked the petitioner to move to Bombay High Court if she has anything concrete to show.

Earlier, a four-member-police team was sent to Mumbai for quizzing Rhea Chakraborty and her family after Sushant's father KK Singh filed a complaint against the actress at Rajeev Nagar police station. The actress and her family have been charged with abetment to suicide, cheating and theft.

The case has been lodged under various sections of Indian Penal Code including 341 (punishment for wrongful restraint), 342 (punishment for wrongful confinement), 380 (theft in dwelling house), 406 (punishment for criminal breach of trust), 420 (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property) and 306 (abetment of suicide).

Read:| Patna police team reaches Mumbai to quiz Rhea Chakraborty, family

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday has dismissed a petition seeking transfer of Sushant Singh Rajput's suicide case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

The apex court observed that the police should be allowed to do their job and it has nothing to do with whether a person was good or bad, it is about the jurisdiction. The petition was filed by Alka Priya.

Read:| FIR against actor Rhea Chakraborty after Sushant's family files complaint

The court further asked the petitioner to move to Bombay High Court if she has anything concrete to show.

Earlier, a four-member-police team was sent to Mumbai for quizzing Rhea Chakraborty and her family after Sushant's father KK Singh filed a complaint against the actress at Rajeev Nagar police station. The actress and her family have been charged with abetment to suicide, cheating and theft.

The case has been lodged under various sections of Indian Penal Code including 341 (punishment for wrongful restraint), 342 (punishment for wrongful confinement), 380 (theft in dwelling house), 406 (punishment for criminal breach of trust), 420 (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property) and 306 (abetment of suicide).

Read:| Patna police team reaches Mumbai to quiz Rhea Chakraborty, family

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