SC bins CBI's 'frivolous' plea on Rhea Chakraborty

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a petition filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) challenging a Bombay High Court order that quashed the look-out circulars (LOC) issued against actor Rhea Chakraborty and her family in the death case of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput.

- Suchitra K Mohanty

A two-judge bench comprising Justices BR Gavai and KV Viswanathan said that the agency had moved a "frivolous petition" only because one of the accused in the case was a high-profile person.

The bench warned of imposing costs on the probe agency for filing such a plea. "If you want cost and some compliments to the CBI, we will pass over," the bench said.

When the matter was first called out for hearing, a lawyer sought it to be passed over as the main CBI counsel was in another court. When the matter came up later, the counsel for the CBI appeared in court. "Don't come tomorrow, otherwise costs and compliments to the CBI," the bench reiterated.

The Bombay High Court had on February 22 quashed the look-out circulars issued against Chakraborty, her brother Showik and their parents Indrajit and Sandhya.