The
Supreme
Court,
on
Friday
(March
26,
2021)
quashed
a
petition
filed
by
late
actor
Sushant
Singh
Rajput's
sister
Priyanka
Singh,
in
which
she
had
challenged
Bombay
High
Court's
refusal
to
quash
the
FIR
which
was
filed
against
her
by
Mumbai
Police
on
the
basis
of
Rhea
Chakraborty's
complaint.
The
Central
Bureau
of
Investigation
(CBI)
will
take
over
the
investigation
against
Priyanka
Singh,
because
the
Supreme
Court
had
earlier
ruled
that
all
FIRs
related
to
Sushant's
demise
will
be
probed
only
by
the
central
investigation
agency.
Reacting
to
this
development,
Rhea's
lawyer
Satish
Maneshinde
issued
a
statement
that
read,
"We
are
overwhelmed
by
the
order
of
the
Honble
Supreme
Court.
Justice
Prevails
in
India.
We
bow
down
to
the
Judicial
System
in
our
Country.
Truth
Alone
Triumphs.
Satya
Mev
Jayate."
For
the
unversed,
in
the
FIR
filed
by
the
Mumbai
Police,
Rhea
had
accused
Priyanka
of
allegedly
procuring
psychiatric
drugs
for
Sushant
without
any
consultation
and
by
using
a
forged
prescription.
On
February
15,
2021,
the
Bombay
High
Court
had
observed
that
there
was
a
prima
facie
case
found
against
Priyanka
Singh,
in
FIR
lodged
against
her
by
Rhea.
"There
is
prima
facie
case
found
against
Priyanka
Singh
and
there
should
not
be
any
impediment
against
investigation
against
her," a
division
bench
of
Justices
SS
Shinde
and
MS
Karnik
had
said
at
the
hearing.
On
the
other
hand,
the
Bombay
High
Court
had
dismissed
the
plea
against
Sushant's
other
sister
Meetu
Singh
who
was
also
named
as
an
accused
in
the
FIR.
Priyanka
Singh
had
then
moved
the
Supreme
Court
to
challenge
the
order
issued
by
the
Bombay
High
Court.
Notably,
Bollywood
actor
Sushant
Singh
Rajput
was
found
dead
in
his
Bandra
residence
on
June
14
last
year.