Sooraj Pancholi’s trial in the Jiah Khan case, in which the actor is an accused, has been transferred to a CBI court.
The abetment to suicide case against Sooraj Pancholi for the death of actress Jiah Khan has been re-assigned to a special court for its first hearing.
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Abetment to suicide case against actor Sooraj Pancholi for the death of actress Jiah Khan has been handed over to a special CBI court. The first hearing in this case took place on Tuesday. Last month, a sessions court had said it did not have jurisdiction in the matter as it was probed by the CBI. In Tuesday’s session, the actor’s lawyers and the CBI reportedly told the special court that they had argued a petition filed by the agency to examine certain evidences. The special CBI court reportedly asked both the sides to present their arguments on August 21.
According to a report in the Indian Express, in 2019, the CBI had filed a petition requesting to send evidence to various agencies. They request Jia to send the scarf used by the Central Forensic Science Laboratory in Chandigarh and her cellphone to the FBI in the USA to retrieve the deleted messages. Sooraj’s lawyers had opposed the petition on the ground that a similar petition by Jiah’s mother Rabia Khan had been rejected by the Bombay High Court.
In a previous interview, Sooraj had said he was “slightly satisfied” that his case was going to a special CBI court. Talking to Bombay Times, he said, ‘I am a little satisfied with this because my case should have been in the special CBI court from the beginning. Now that the matter is in CBI court, I hope we will see it closed. If the court finds me guilty, I should be punished, but if it does not, I am entitled to be cleared of these charges.
Jiah Khan, who is known for films like Nishabd, Ghajini and Housefull, was found dead at her residence on June 3, 2013. Suraj was arrested on June 10 for abetment, but was released on bail a month later. His trial is going on since 2019.
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