The
Bihar
government
has
filed
an
affidavit
in
the
Supreme
Court,
stating
that
the
petition
filed
by
Bollywood
actress
Rhea
Chakraborty
to
transfer
the
FIR
filed
by
Bollywood
actor
Sushant
Singh
Rajput's
father
in
connection
with
his
death
is
"misconceived
and
not
maintainable".
As
per
them,
Rhea's
transfer
plea
is
liable
to
be
rejected
by
the
provisions
under
section
179
of
CrPC.
ANI
tweeted,
"Bihar
Government
has
filed
an
affidavit
in
the
Supreme
Court
stating
that
the
transfer
petition
filed
by
Rhea
Chakraborty
is
"misconceived
and
not
maintainable".
The
Bihar
Government,
in
its
affidavit
before
SC,
stated
that
the
state
government
has
the
jurisdiction
to
investigate
the
matter.
The
affidavit
also
stated,
"The
submission
of
the
petitioner
(Rhea
Chakraborty)
that
the
entire
cause
of
action
arose
in
Mumbai
&
the
State
of
Bihar
has
no
jurisdiction
to
register
FIR
is
liable
to
be
rejected
in
view
of
the
provisions
under
section
179
of
CrPC."
Sushant
Singh
Rajput's
father
KK
Singh
had
registered
an
FIR
against
Rhea
Chakraborty
and
five
other
people
in
Patna.
They
were
booked
under
IPC
Section
306
(abetment
to
suicide),
Section
341
(punishment
for
wrongful
restraint),
Section
342
(punishment
for
wrongful
confinement),
Section
380
(theft
in
dwelling
house),
Section
406
(punishment
for
criminal
breach
of
trust),
and
Section
420
(cheating
and
dishonestly
inducing
delivery
of
property).
Later,
Rhea
filed
a
petition
in
the
Supreme
Court,
seeking
the
transfer
of
FIR
from
Patna
to
Mumbai,
alleging
that
she
has
been
falsely
implicated
in
Sushant's
death
case.
Rhea's
transfer
petition
is
likely
to
be
heard
next
week.
The
Supreme
Court
has
asked
Maharashtra
government,
Bihar
government
and
Sushant
Singh
Rajput's
father
to
submit
their
replies
within
three
days.
Meanwhile,
the
CBI
(Central
Bureau
of
Investigation)
has
stepped
in
to
investigate
Sushant
Singh
Rajput's
death
case.
The
actor
was
found
hanging
in
his
Bandra
flat
in
Mumbai
on
June
14,
2020.
While
the
post-mortem
report
confirmed
his
death
by
suicide,
the
Mumbai
and
Bihar
police
are
probing
the
other
angles
in
the
death
case.
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