Jiah Khan Suicide Case: Actor Sooraj Pancholi Acquitted By Mumbai Court
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Jiah Khan Suicide Case: The 25-year-old, an American citizen, was found hanging at her Juhu home in Mumbai on June 3, 2013.
Almost a decade after actor Jiah Khan's death by suicide, a special CBI court in Mumbai today acquitted her boyfriend and film star Sooraj Pancholi of abetment charges. Jiah Khan, 25, was found hanging at her Juhu home in Mumbai on June 3, 2013. Police later arrested Sooraj Pancholi on the basis of a six-page letter, purportedly written by Jiah, and booked him for abetment of suicide.
Special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court judge AS Sayyad directed the accused to step forward, asking Mr Pancholi his name, and pronounced -- "Due to paucity of evidence, Sooraj Pancholi is acquitted".
Sooraj Pancholi, the son of actor couple Aditya Pancholi and Zarina Wahab, faced a jail term of up to 10 years if convicted.
Jiah's mother Rabia Khan, a key prosecution witness in the case, had told the court that she believed it to be a case of murder and not suicide. The Bombay High Court last year dismissed her petition seeking a fresh investigation into the case.
