The Bombay High Court on Thursday quashed the Look Out Circulars (LOCs) pending against actor Rhea Chakraborty, her brother Showik Chakraborty and their father in relation to the ongoing probe into actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death.The LOCs had been issued by the immigration authorities at the behest of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) which has been probing Rajput's death on a complaint made by his family.The division bench of Justice Revati Mohite-Dere and Justice Manjusha Deshpande today pronounced the decision on the petitions moved by Rhea Chakraborty, her brother and their father.A detailed order is awaitedChakraborty approached the High Court raising grievance that the subsisting LOCs prevented her from fulfilling her work commitments abroad.She further argued that LOCs are issued only if an accused is evading arrest which was not the case in the present matter.Earlier on February 8, theCourt had asked the CBI whether mere FIR was a sufficient basis to issue an LOC.The division bench had also noted that the case was pending since 2020 and no chargesheet had been filed till date.Rhea Chakraborty was arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) under the provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act in September 2020 after Rajput's death.She was granted bail by the Bombay High Court in the drugs case a monthlater.The bail became final after the Centre decided not to press its challenge against the bail order before the Supreme Court.
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