Jiah
Khan
Death
Case:
Nearly
a
decade
after
Jiah
Khan's
death,
a
special
CBI
court
in
Mumbai
acquitted
Bollywood
actor
Sooraj
Pancholi,
the
prime
accused
in
the
case
involving
abetment
to
suicide.
COURT
ACQUITS
SOORAJ
PANCHOLI
IN
JIAH
KHAN
CASE
Sooraj
Pancholi,
who
is
the
son
of
actors
Aditya
Pancholi
and
Zarina
Wahab,
disputed
the
accuracy
of
the
investigation
and
chargesheet
during
his
final
statement
to
the
court.
He
alleged
that
the
prosecution
witnesses
had
testified
against
him
under
the
influence
of
Jiah
Khan's
mother
Rabia,
the
police,
and
the
CBI.
Earlier,
the
special
Central
Bureau
of
Investigation
(CBI)
court
in
Mumbai
had
decided
to
pronounce
its
verdict
on
the
death
case
of
Bollywood
actress
Jiah
Khan,
today
on
April
28.
Jiah
was
found
dead
at
Juhu
home
on
June
3,
2013.
Jiah
Khan
Suicide
Case
में
Sooraj
Pancholi
को
बरी
किए
जाने
पर
भड़की
जिया
खान
की
मां
Rabia
Khan!
After
her
death,
the
police
recovered
a
suicide
note
allegedly
written
by
the
actress,
after
which
her
boyfriend
Sooraj
Pancholi
was
arrested
in
abetment
of
suicide.
The
'Hero' actor
was
later
granted
bail
in
the
case
by
the
Bombay
High
Court.
As
per
reports,
the
special
CBI
judge
AS
Sayyad
reserved
its
verdict
in
the
case
for
April
28,
after
hearing
both
sides'
final
arguments
on
April
20.
It
was
reported
by
TOI
that
as
the
date
of
the
verdict
is
inching
closer,
the
accused
Pancholi,
and
his
family
are
getting
anxious,
however,
they
have
stayed
positive
about
the
outcome.
A
member
of
the
Pancholi
family
revealed
to
ETimes
that
"Going
by
the
merits
of
the
case,
the
entire
family
is
positive.
But
we
are
also
anxious
about
the
verdict
which
is
slated
to
come
out
on
April
28
in
the
Special
CBI
Court
number
52."
All
About
Jiah
Khan
Case
Jiah
Khan,
who
is
best
known
for
her
roles
in
Ghajini,
Housefull,
and
Nishabd,
was
found
hanging
at
her
residence
by
her
mother,
Rabia
Khan
on
June
3,
2013.
Jiah
allegedly
wrote
a
6-page
letter
describing
her
relationship
with
Sooraj
Pancholi.
Following
the
actress's
death,
her
mother,
Rabia
accused
Sooraj
and
his
family
of
'mistreating'
her
daughter.
As
reported
by
PTI,
Rabia,
who
was
a
key
prosecution
witness
told
the
court
it
was
a
case
of
murder
and
not
suicide.
She
was
quoted
as
saying,
"I
want
the
truth
to
be
out,
Jiah
Khan
did
not
take
her
own
life.
We
have
spent
10
years
exposing
the
truth
based
on
factual
evidence.
Now
it
is
up
to
the
court
to
draw
the
right
conclusions."
Sooraj
Pancholi
was
just
a
Starkid
back
then.
Reports
suggest
that
Jiah
and
Sooraj
met
through
Facebook
and
soon
their
friendship
blossomed
into
love.