The Bombay High Court has quashed the Look Out Circulars (LOCs) issued against Rhea Chakraborty, her brother and father by the CBI in connection with its probe into the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput.
According to PTI, A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite Dere and Manjusha Deshpande allowed the petitions filed by Rhea Chakraborty, her brother Showik and their father Indrajit against the LOCs issued against them in 2020.
The plea by Rhea claimed that subsisting LOC prevented her from fulfilling work commitments, and she had not evaded arrest and was cooperating with the probe. Earlier this month, the high court had asked the CBI whether a mere FIR against petitioners was sufficient to issue LOC. It was also noted that the CBI case had been pending since 2020, and no chargesheet had been filed to date.
Rajput was found dead in his apartment in suburban Bandra on June 14, 2020. His father, in July 2020, complained to the Bihar Police, alleging that Rhea, Rajput’s girlfriend, and her family members had abetted his suicide.
Rhea was arrested in September 2020 in connection with a drugs case filed by the CBI and granted bail in October 2020. The Centre did not challenge it further before the Supreme Court. Among the conditions of her bail was seeking permission from the court before travelling out of the country.
Rhea had faced the brunt of the attack by vitriolic media and it was media trial of the worst kind .
