MUMBAI: With the AIIMS panel ruling out murder as the cause of Sushant Singh RajputAfter the death, all eyes are on the Bombay High Court, which has reserved bail statements from the actor’s girlfriend, Rhea Chakraborty, and her brother Showik, along with those of three others, in one case. drug for your trial. HC’s order is expected next week.
Attorney Satish Maneshinde, who represents Rhea, had argued at HC that there was no case established for a non-bail offense against Rhea and Showik by the Office of Narcotics Control. It alleged that the bogus charges of ‘financing illicit trafficking’ with criminal conspiracy were invoked “simply to argue against releasing Rea on bail.”
Bail should be given when drug quantities are small, a Delhi high court divisional court had said. Maneshinde had said that not only were no drugs seized, but allegations that they were buying quantities for Rajput personal use only meant small amounts and were entitled to bail.
Attorney Taraq Sayed, who appeared for another defendant in the case, had also presented that when the quantity of drugs is small, the most serious non-bail charge under Section 27A of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act for ‘financing of illicit trafficking ‘cannot be invoked as the crime is intended to deal with drug traffickers on a larger and international scale. But NCB has said that since the crime says nothing about the amounts being funded, it would also apply to the case against Rhea.
NCB General Counsel Anil Singh argued that financial crime is governed by strict bail provisions that require the court to be satisfied that a defendant is “not guilty.” But other independent and senior attorneys said that in 2001, an amendment to the NDPS Act was made to impose a punishment based on three categories of drug quantities seized. Since then, the courts have held that when the crimes did not involve commercial amounts, they would be bail.
Attorney Amit Desai said: “The legislature itself takes a more empathetic approach to small-amount matters, as confirmed by several judgments, when they established strict bail provisions that would not apply to small amounts. Therefore, the courts must, on a concept of disposition susceptible of interpretation, lean in favor of personal liberty ”. A lawyer in Mumbai, Pranav Badheka, said: “Even accepting the NCB case, at the highest it appears to be a small amount case against the majority of the defendants, and the HCs have maintained that when it comes to small amounts, the bail. it should be the norm. “On Saturday, Maneshinde used the term ‘Satyameva Jayate’ in her reaction to reports on the AIIMS findings.
Many theories were raised, but now we are vindicated, Mumbai police say.
Mumbai police said they were vindicated when reports emerged that an AIIMS panel had ruled out foul play in the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput, reports V Narayan.
A Bandra police officer who was part of the original investigation said TOI, “There was a lot of speculation and theories emerged. But the AIIMS report has supported our investigation and also the autopsy performed by five doctors in Cooper Hospital. “Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh saying TOI, “We are waiting for the official version. The truth will prevail. “The police had been criticized in the matter for failing to register an FIR. They had registered an accidental death report after Sushant’s death on June 14 and carried out an investigation. They had maintained that it was a case of suicide.
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