Top court says Bihar government was competent to request CBI for transfer of investigation
New Delhi: The Supreme Court today said that the Bihar government was competent to request the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for transfer of investigation of the mysterious death case of Sushant Singh from Mumbai Police.
The single bench led by Justice Hrishikesh Roy has directed the CBI to investigate the case. The bench further clarified that CBI shall be the sole authority to investigate the case and no state police shall interfere in the investigation.
The bench also held the FIR registered at Patna to be within jurisdiction.
The Maharashtra government has been directed to comply with the court’s order and assist the CBI in the said investigation if required.
The bench, however, refused the plea of the Maharashtra government to challenge the order of transfer of case to the CBI. The CBI has been directed to register a fresh case if required.
The order has been passed in a plea filed by Rhea Chakraborty seeking transfer of Sushant Singh Rajput death case from Bihar Police to Maharashtra Police. However, the actress did not challenge the request of Bihar government to transfer the case to the CBI.
The bench had reserved its order on August 11 while asking all the parties to submit their written submissions by August 13.
-India Legal Bureau