NB In List | Sooraj Pancholi acquitted in Jiah Khan suicide case due to "paucity of evidence"; Timeline you need to know-
Actor Jiah Khan died by suicide at her Juhu home on June 3, 2013.
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New Delhi, April 28: The news of Jiah Khan’s suicide, in 2013, had left the entire entertainment fraternity in a state of shock. Her ex-boyfriend Sooraj Pancholi, son of actor Aditya Pancholi, was charged with abetment to suicide after a six-page letter by Jiah revealed that she had undergone an abortion.
"There was a time I saw my life with you, a future with you. But you shattered my dreams. I feel dead inside. I’ve never given so much of myself to someone or cared so much. You returned my love with cheating and lies," she wrote in the letter.
Now, a special CBI court on Friday cleared actor Sooraj Pancholi of the charge of abetting the suicide of actor Jiah Khan in 2013 due to "paucity of evidence". "Due to paucity of evidence, this court can’t hold you (Sooraj Pancholi) guilty, hence acquitted," Judge AS Sayyed of the special CBI court in Mumbai said.
Here is a quick timeline of Jiah Khan's suicide case-
- 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: The Bombay High Court granted bail to Suraj Pancholi and he got released after spending 22 days in jail.
- October 2013: Jiah'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: the 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: the High Court rejected the demand for the formation of the SIT. The trial court also rejected Rabia's demand for further investigation in 2018.
- 15 March 2019: the trial began in the Jiah Khan case. In 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.
- March 21, 2023: the government side closed its case with the statement of 21 witnesses.
- April 20, 2023: Both sides presented their final arguments after which the court fixed 28 April to announce the verdict.
- April 28, 2023: A special CBI court cleared actor Sooraj Pancholi of the charge of abetting the suicide of actor Jiah Khan in 2013 due to “paucity of evidence”.