Sushant Singh Rajput Death Case: SC Hears Centre's Plea Challenging Findings In Rhea Chakraborty's Bail Order; 'You Cannot File A Petition Challenging The Observations'

Sushant Singh Rajput's death case is yet to reach its closure. The Narcotics Control Bureau stepped in to investigate the case after a drug angel came to light. It was in the month of September last year that Rhea Chakraborty and her brother Showik Chakraborty were arrested by the NCB. Rhea reportedly spent a month in jail while Showik was granted bail in December. Now, as per the latest update, the Supreme Court heard Centre's plea in a petition filed against findings in Rhea's bail order.

As reported by LiveLaw, the Supreme Court mentioned that a petition cannot be filed against observations and only against orders. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta representing the Centre said, "My worry is that the court has made certain wide ranging observations about NDPS Act, which make the Act unworkable." To this, the Chief Justice of India said, "We find the new things you do very difficult to understand. You cannot file a petition challenging the observations. You can only challenge the order. The observations are prima facie," as reported by the portal.

The Solicitor General has now taken time to amend the petition and hearing is scheduled to take place next Monday.

As per the bail order passed, the court observed that giving money to another person is not 'financing illicit trade'. It also observed that Rhea did not procure narcotics to pass it on to someone else for money, thus, it is not considered as 'illicit trading'. "She(Rhea) is not part of drug dealers. She has not forwarded the drugs allegedly procured by her to somebody else to earn monetary or other benefits. Since she has no criminal antecedents, there are reasonable grounds for believing that she is not likely to commit any offence while on bail," the bail order read as reported by LiveLaw.