The Supreme Court has ordered CBI investigation into Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death case. The apex court Supreme Court was hearing actor Rhea Chakraborty’s petition seeking transfer of investigation in #SushantSinghRajput death case from Patna in Bihar to Mumbai.
A bench of Justice Hrishikesh Roy made it clear that it was court-ordered CBI probe and that there is no room for the Maharashtra government to challenge this. It also clarified that registration of the FIR at Patna was legally valid and adhered to the principles of the Criminal Procedure Code.
Therefore, the court added, the recommendation made by Bihar government for a CBI investigation was also proper and valid. Reading out the operative part of the 35-page judgment, Justice Roy also said that Maharashtra government must comply with the orders since it is a court-ordered probe. About the inquest proceedings conducted so far by the Mumbai Police, the court directed that all pertinent documents must be handed over the CBI henceforth.
