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The Supreme Court had passed a judgement this Thursday on the NDPS act.
It states that the statements recorded by officers of both state and central agencies appointed under the NDPS act will not be treated as confessions.
As per a report, this had been stated by the court in a 2:1 judgement where it also added that they happen to be police officers because of which the statements recorded by them will not be admissible under Section 67.
Now, Satish Maneshinde, who happens to be Rhea Chakraborty’s lawyer has reacted to the Supreme Court’s judgement saying it is a landmark pronouncement.
Maneshinde also mentioned how many people have been punished or incarcerated owing to such statements that have been forcibly extracted through coercion, third-degree, or threats. He quotes, “Even in the case of all accused in the SSR Drugs Angle case, there’s hardly any recovery and independent evidence to charge them of serious offences.“
Talking about Rhea Chakraborty’s case he said, “Rhea Chakraborty’s case has lost total steam in the merits of the allegations by virtue of this Judgement.”
Rhea was arrested by the NCB on charges of procuring drugs in connection with Sushant Singh Rajput’s case. The agency arrested her on September 8, 2020, but she was granted bail by the Bombay High Court almost 28 days later on October 7, 2020.
