The Bombay High Court Thursday concluded the hearing in a petition by the two sisters of late actor Sushant Singh Rajput seeking to quash an FIR by Mumbai Police against them and a doctor from Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital, Delhi. On September 7, actor Rhea Chakraborty, who is facing a probe in connection with the Sushant death case, had filed a police complaint against the late actor’s sister Priyanka and the RML Hospital doctor for allegedly getting psychiatric drugs for Sushant without consultation and by using a forged prescription. Rhea, in her complaint, had asked the Bandra police to investigate if these medications, which fall under the ambit of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, resulted in the deterioration of Sushant’s mental health or his death on June 14. The Bombay High Court, observed that Sushant Singh was a sober, innocent and very good human being. “From his face, one can make out that he was innocent,” the bench comprising Justices S S Shinde and M S Karnik said.
Sushant’s family lawyer, Vikas Singh, said that the medicines could have been referred to by doctors through telemedicine as per the ICMR telemedicine guidelines adding that this is the main part that is being investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Rhea’s lawyer Satish Maneshinde said that she was aware that Sushant was taking medications which also led to an altercation between the two but she was not aware of the prescription until they were leaked on social media by his sisters.While presenting Rhea’s statement, Maneshinde said, “I pointed out to his household help that he was mixing narcotic substances with the medicines that he was taking. It was going to be a dangerous cocktail. I was aware that he was taking medications and I had an altercation with him on that, but I was not aware of the prescription. When the prescription was leaked in social media, I realised it was on the advice if his sisters. So I realized that it could be a cause of his suicide. I have said in my complaint, that these medicines were prescribed by a doctor who had never prescribed him before. They were prescribed without seeing him physically. Telemedicine can be prescribed only with prior consultation with the doctor. ”On behalf of Rhea, he said, “My complaint is in relation to a forged prescription of medicines. The circumstances that I am pointing out that should also be examined. His family is concerned with the cause of his death. They say I am responsible, I am giving different circumstances for investigation.”The court has reserved its order and has asked all parties to submit written statements.