The Supreme Court on Friday declined to consider a plea by Priyanka Singh, sister of late actor Sushant Singh Rajput, against the Bombay High Court order which refused to quash the FIR filed against her by Mumbai police on a complaint from actor Rhea Chakraborty.
A bench of Chief Justice S A Bobde and Justices A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian said, “We are not inclined to entertain this petition.”
Senior advocate Vikas Singh, representing Singh, argued that the High Court has overreached its power by examining allegations that were placed before police through media reports.
Singh’s plea said it is pertinent to note that Rhea’s entire case is based on a media report which does not have any credibility as to the source or authenticity of such reports.
Rhea, in her complaint on the basis of which the FIR was filed, had alleged that the sisters conspired with Dr Tarun Kumar to obtain a false prescription for administering banned medicines to the late actor.
The Bombay High Court had observed that there was a prima facie case found against Singh in the FIR lodged at the instance of Rhea. However, the High Court quashed the proceedings against Sushant’s other sister Meetu Singh, who was also named as an accused in the FIR.
The plea contended that it is also shocking that the High Court had recorded observations against Dr Kumar, who is a senior cardiologist working in RML Hospital Delhi and was not before the court in the proceedings.
(Published 26 March 2021, 06:55 IST)
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