Jiah Khan death by suicide case: Actor Sooraj Panchol acquitted of abetment charges; check the timeline of case
PTC Web Desk: A Mumbai court on Friday acquitted actor Sooraj Pancholi of abetment charges in Jiah Khan's death by suicide case.
The 'Nishabd' star was found dead at her residence in Mumbai on June 3, 2013. Based on a letter seized on June 10, which was purportedly written by the 25-year-old actor, the Mumbai Police booked actor Sooraj Pancholi under Section 306 (abetment to suicide) and arrested him.
Sooraj, son of actors Aditya Pancholi and Zarina Wahab, was allegedly in a relationship with Jiah Khan. Jiah's mother Rabia Khan alleged that her daughter was murdered.
Timeline of Jiah Khan suicide case till date
June 3, 2013: Jiah Khan's body was found in flat number 102 of Sagar Sangeet Society in Mumbai
June 7, 2013: Mumbai police recovered a six-page suicide note from Jiah's house
June 10, 2013: Sooraj Pancholi was arrested by the Juhu police after allegations of abetting Jiha for suicide
July 2, 2013: Bombay High Court granted bail to Suraj Pancholi and he got released after spending 22 days in jail
October 2013: Jiha's mother, Rabia Khan, moved to the Bombay High Court demanding a CBI probe
July 2014: The case was handed over to the CBI
December 2015: CBI submitted a report before the court and termed the case as an abetment to suicide. A few days later, Rabia demanded for an SIT to probe the matter
February 2017: High Court rejected the demand for the formation of the SIT
The trial court also rejected Rabia's demand for further investigation in 2018.
March 15, 2019: trial began in the Jiah Khan case
In the year 2021, the case was reassigned to the Special CBI Court because the sessions court said that the jurisdiction of the CBI case is not with the sessions court.
On March 21, 2023, the government side closed its case with the statement of 21 witnesses
On April 20, 2023, both sides presented their final arguments after which the court fixed 28 April to announce the verdict.
- With inputs from agencies
