New Delhi: Bollywood actor Sooraj Pancholi has been acquitted by the CBI court in Mumbai in the Jiah Khan suicide case.
During the hearing of the case, Judge A S Sayyed first asked the name of Sooraj Pancholi standing in the court and then acquitted him due to lack of evidence.
The trial in Jiah Khan’s murder case began in 2019 and the trial was completed on April 20, 2023. After nearly 10 years, a special CBI court in Mumbai has given its verdict in this case today.
Jiah Khan allegedly committed suicide on June 3, 2013 at her Juhu home and in this incident Sooraj Pancholi was accused of abetting the actress’ suicide.
The case was being investigated by the Juhu police and during the investigation, on June 7, 2013, the police found a six-page handwritten suicide note from Jiah Khan’s house.
On June 11, 2013, Sooraj Pancholi, son of Bollywood actor Aditya Pancholi, was arrested by the Mumbai Police on charges of abetting Jiah’s suicide.