Actor Sooraj Pancholi acquitted by Special CBI Court in Jiah Khan suicide case

By Pradip Deka On Apr 28, 2023

A special Central Bureau of Investigation(CBI) court in Mumbai today acquitted of abetment charges in Jiah Khan suicide case.

Last week, special CBI Judge AS Sayyad, after hearing the final arguments of both sides, reserved his judgment in the case for April 28.

On June 3, 2013, the Ghajini actor’s body was discovered at her Mumbai home. Last week, special CBI judge AS Sayyad reserved his decision in the case until April 28 after harkening to the ending arguments from both sides. Actor Sooraj Pancholi, son of actors Aditya Pancholi and Zarina Wahab, had been indicted of abetting the self-murder of Jiah Khan. Sooraj Pancholi was charged on the base of a six- runner letter purportedly written by Khan, who was set up hanging in her Juhu hearthstone.

According to the Central Bureau of Investigation, the letter, which was seized by Mumbai police that began its disquisition on June 10, 2013, was written by Jiah Khan.

The CBI claimed the letter recited her intimate relationship, physical abuse, and internal and physical torture allegedly at the hands of Sooraj Pancholi, which led to her committing suicide.

The case was reassigned to a special CBI court in 2021 after the sessions court said it didn’t have governance over the case as the CBI had probed it.

Jiah Khan’s mama Rabia Khan, a crucial execution substantiation in the case, had told the court that she believed it was a case of murder and not self-murder. The Bombay High Court last time had dismissed her plea seeking a fresh inquiry into the case.

During her deposit, Rabia Khan had told the CBI court that Pancholi used to subdue Jiah Khan to physical and verbal abuse. She also contended that the police and CBI hadn’t collected legal substantiation to prove her son had committed self-murder.

Sooraj Pancholi, in his final statement filed before the court, said the disquisition and chargesheet were false, adding execution substantiations had witnessed against him on the decree of plaintiff Rabia Khan, police, and CBI.