'Mere registration of an FIR can never be a reason to issue a Look Out Circular (LOC)', the Bombay High Court said while quashing the notice issued against Bollywood actress Rhea Chakraborty and her family in the CBI's probe into the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput.
A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite Dere and Manjusha Deshpande allowed the petitions filed by Rhea, her brother Showik and their parents - Indrajit and Sandhya - against the LOCs issued against them in 2020. The court noted that the petitioners (Chakraborty family) have cooperated with the investigation and attended the office of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) whenever called in connection with the case and that there was no attempt on their part to evade summons/arrest.
