The sisters of the late actor Sushant Singh Rajput, Priyanka and Meetu Singh, who were named in an FIR by Rhea Chakraborty, have applied to the Bombay High Court for an early hearing of their petition, fearing arrest.
The HC bench, which comprises judges SS Shinde and MS Karnikhas, released the petition filed by Priyanka and Meetu Singh for an additional hearing on November 4, according to India Today. The sisters had filed a petition to annul Rhea’s FIR against them.
Rhea had charged Priyanka and a doctor associated with a Delhi hospital with illegally prescribing drugs containing psychotropic substances, without a consultation. Sushant died a week after his sister encouraged him to take the drugs. Rhea cited the text exchanges between the actor and his sister as evidence that he did not consult a doctor before being told to take the drug.
In the petition filed through lawyer Madhav Thorat, Sushant’s sisters have stated that the drugs are not prohibited and that the guidelines issued by the Medical Council of India (MCI) on April 11, for telemedicine “allow the medication is prescribed to a patient even in the first consultation ”.
“A simple reading of the complaint together with the FIR shows that the statements made there do not establish any recognizable crime,” the petition said. “Chakraborty’s filing of the complaint was nothing more than a feeble attempt on her part to scuttle the investigations against her and blame Rajput’s relatives for her suicide, as she was about to be arrested by the police. Narcotics Control Office (NCB), ”He further stated.
Rhea’s attorney, Satish Maneshinde, has filed a response to the petition. “Sushant was in Mumbai, Maharashtra a lot and not in New Delhi. That is also surprising that Dr. Tarun Kumar, who is a cardiologist, thought it appropriate to prescribe medication to a person he did not know and who had never met with psychotropic substances. There is nothing to indicate that there was ever a teleconference between Sushant and the accused doctor, ”says Rhea’s affidavit, according to India Today.
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Sushant was found dead in his Bandra apartment on June 14. Mumbai Police after their initial investigation ruled that his death was suicide. The case is now being investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation.
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