Rhea Chakraborty's case has lost total steam,' says her lawyer

'Rhea Chakraborty's case has lost total steam,' says her lawyer in response to the Supreme Court's judgementCelebrity

Nirali Kanabar

Updated Oct 30, 2020 | 06:51 IST

Reacting to the Supreme court's latest judgement, Rhea Chakraborty's lawyer has said that his client's case has lost total steam in the merits of the allegations by the virtue of the judgement.

'Rhea Chakraborty's case has lost total steam,' says her lawyer

KEY HIGHLIGHTS

• Sushant Singh Rajput passed away on June 14

• The late actor's girlfriend, Rhea Chakraborty, was recently released from jail after getting arrested by NCB

• The actress's lawyer has now issued a statement in response to the Supreme Court's judgement

On Thursday, the Supreme court held that a statement recorded under its Section 67 cannot be used as a confession in the trial of an offense under the NDPS (Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances) act. By ruling out 2:1, a three-judge bench overruled two previous Supreme Court verdicts to hold that the statements of the accused recorded under Section 67 cannot be used as confessions during the trial. Reacting to the same, Rhea Chakraborty's lawyer Satish Maneshide has issued a statement.

"The Judgement rendered by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in respect of Section 67 of the NDPS Act is a Landmark pronouncement. A large number of people have been incarcerated and punished on the basis of statements forcibly extracted by using third degree, coercion and threats to innocent individuals violating their Fundamental Rights in the last 35 years," he said in an official statement issued to the price.

Maneshinde went on to say even in the case of all accused in the Sushant Singh Rajput drugs angle case, there’ is hardly any recovery and independent evidence to charge them of serious offenses. According to Rhea's lawyer, they are languishing in custody on the basis of inadmissible statements. And in view of the judgment rendered by Justice Rohington Nariman and Navin Sinha, a large number of accused will finally see the light of the day.

He added that Justice Nariman had rendered a judgement under PMLA in respect of section 45 which paved the way for a large number of people languishing in custody illegally were released on bail. According to him, Justice Nariman will go down in history as one of the greatest judges and will be remembered for all times to come by those fighting for Human Rights.

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Maneshinde concluded his statement by saying, "Rhea Chakraborty's case has lost total steam in the merits of the allegations by virtue of this Judgement."

Lol at NCB's appeal to the SC. Aur kitna zaleel hona hai NCB ko? 😆

Was there a Supreme Court judgement? So hard to keep track.

Originally posted by: aaditi123

Lol at NCB's appeal to the SC. Aur kitna zaleel hona hai NCB ko? 😆

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Originally posted by: aaditi123

Lol at NCB's appeal to the SC. Aur kitna zaleel hona hai NCB ko? 😆

oh wait! Is this NCB going to SC after Bombay HC’s verdict against judicial custody charges? 😇

They took her so called confession as evidence to SC? Is that even allowed? I thought its not even admissable in court , but Manshinde is calling this a landmark judgement, does that mean in the past it was allowed? 😳 Somebody explain this to me. I had a very different understanding of this.

Originally posted by: fosla

oh wait! Is this NCB going to SC after Bombay HC’s verdict against judicial custody charges? 😇

No no, this is not the official appeal of the NCB but this has everything to do with Rhea's case.

This hearing was related to the section 67 of the NDPS act which has come under major scrutiny for the past two years and was being fought in court for sometime.

Basically, the act made by the NDPS gives them immense power to question & summon anyone just based off whatsapp messages & phone calls. Like they questioned everyone off whatsapp chats in this case from Rhea to Deepika to Shraddha.

The Supreme court considered this unconstitutional and ripped them off this major power. Messages can be considered evidence and should be used as leads but people can't be locked up just based on messages & statements under duress. The NCB needs to do better just like every other agency around the world.

https://twitter.com/arvindgunasekar/status/1321692266411352065?s=20

Originally posted by: aaditi123

No no, this is not the official appeal of the NCB but this has everything to do with Rhea's case.

This hearing was related to the section 67 of the NDPS act which has come under major scrutiny for the past two years and was being fought in court for sometime.

Basically, the act made by the NDPS gives them immense power to question & summon anyone just based off whatsapp messages & phone calls. Like they questioned everyone off whatsapp chats in this case from Rhea to Deepika to Shraddha.

The Supreme court considered this unconstitutional and ripped them off this major power. Messages can be considered evidence and should be used as leads but people can't be locked up just based on messages & statements under duress. The NCB needs to do better just like every other agency around the world.

https://twitter.com/arvindgunasekar/status/1321692266411352065?s=20

So if that is the latter, they cannot lock Rhea, her bro, the housekeeper and Sushant's manager right?

Originally posted by: Tinah

So if that is the latter, they cannot lock Rhea, her bro, the housekeeper and Sushant's manager right?

Not necessarily. Showik is in judicial custody which can be extended upto 90 days. They had to let him go after 90 days anyways but they'll certainly stretch it to the full 90 days. Just his statements wont be admissable in court so unless they can recover some product, they'll never be able to make a case against him and actually get him arrested(different from custody).

Originally posted by: aaditi123

No no, this is not the official appeal of the NCB but this has everything to do with Rhea's case.

This hearing was related to the section 67 of the NDPS act which has come under major scrutiny for the past two years and was being fought in court for sometime.

Basically, the act made by the NDPS gives them immense power to question & summon anyone just based off whatsapp messages & phone calls. Like they questioned everyone off whatsapp chats in this case from Rhea to Deepika to Shraddha.

The Supreme court considered this unconstitutional and ripped them off this major power. Messages can be considered evidence and should be used as leads but people can't be locked up just based on messages & statements under duress. The NCB needs to do better just like every other agency around the world.

https://twitter.com/arvindgunasekar/status/1321692266411352065?s=20

This is a sensible verdict as the misuse of power by agency was very evident in such a high profile case. Can’t imagine the number of victims who who would have suffered under this