Jiah Khan's Mother Destroyed Case Against Sooraj Pancholi: Court

Jiah Khan case: Rabia Khan has said she will approach the high court. "The verdict is on alleged suicide, but I have always maintained that Jiah was murdered. This, in fact, strengthens my case"," she said.

Actor Jiah Khan's mother "destroyed the case of the prosecution" by giving contradictory statements and withholding facts, the special CBI court which cleared the movie star's boyfriend Sooraj Pancholi of driving her to suicide, has said in its judgment.

"The complainant (Rabia Khan) in her evidence directly blamed both the investigating agencies stating that they had not conducted a proper and correct investigation. By giving such open contradictory evidence, the complainant himself has destroyed the case of the prosecution," the court said.

"The complainant openly shown distrust on the prosecution.  When the case of prosecution was of suicide, the complainant stated it was murder case. However, there is no charge of murder in this case. In fact, the complainant herself denied the prosecution's case and disowned her earlier statement. Inspite of the said fact, the prosecution requested to declare her hostile and continue the trial with such handicap evidence," it observed.

The CBI court also observed that Jiah Khan's mother Rabia Khan raised doubts on everyone except herself.