Sooraj Pancholi’s trial in the Jiah Khan case, during which the actor is accused, has been moved to the CBI Court.
Actor Sooraj Pancholi’s trial in the Jiah Khan demise case has been moved to the CBI courtroom and the eight-year-old case will lastly get expedited.
A CBI courtroom will now hear the Jiah Khan demise case pending for 8 years. The periods courtroom, which was conducting a trial towards her boyfriend, actor Sooraj Pancholi, on expenses of alleged abetment to suicide, has stated that the trial ought to be transferred to a particular CBI courtroom. The alleged suicide has been probed by the Mumbai Police and the CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation). The trial in the matter started in the early days of 2019.
The Pancholis are reportedly relieved that the trial will lastly get expedited and everybody will discover due closure. Advocate Prashant Patil, who represents Sooraj in the trial, was quoted by ETimes, “The order granted by the Hon’ble Sessions Court to switch the stated case to Special CBI Court is a welcome transfer for my consumer, Sooraj Pancholi… The matter now could be transferred to Hon’ble CBI Court which in accordance to regulation is the right authorized place. We are assured now that the matter shall be expeditiously performed and concluded.”
On 3 June 2013, Jiah was found hanging from a ceiling fan in her bedroom of her family’s residence in Juhu, Mumbai. It was deemed a suicide in 2013, and re-confirmed as a suicide in 2016 following an extensive investigation by the CBI and a hearing at the Bombay High Court.
Jiah’s mother Rabiya continued to claim that her daughter had been murdered by her boyfriend, actor Sooraj Pancholi, leading the prosecution to make a failed attempt to lay charges of murder and sexual assault in 2017. On 31 January 2018, nearly five years after her death, a court in Mumbai charged Pancholi with abetting Khan’s suicide.
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