Actress Jiah Khan suicide case grabbed eyeballs when Sooraj
Pancholi was accused of abetting the suicide. Now, as per to a famous news
agency, the special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court is now likely
to frame charges against the actor in the case.
This comes after the Supreme Court quashed the petition
filed by Jiah's mother Rabia Khan that sought that the matter must be investigated
by the Special Investigations Team. But, the court refused to intervene into
the matter and upheld Bombay High Court's order.
She had moved the Supreme Court after the Bombay High Court
rejected her plea seeking a SIT probe, on February 9, 2017. The CBI took over
the probe from the Maharashtra police following the Bombay High Court's
directives. Jiah's mother had moved the High Court, alleging her daughter had
been murdered and demanded the CBI probe the matter.
Previously this month, Sooraj had requested the court to
expedite his trial in the case. Sooraj's lawyer Prashant Patil had opposed to the
numerous adjournments in the case and had stated that it's been over a year and
the matter is still pending at the stage of framing of charges with the
prosecution yet to file any draft charges. Patil had even alleged that
"the prosecution was not interested in conducting the trial but only cause
undue delay” to harass Pancholi."
Jiah was found hanging at her Juhu residence on June 3,
2013. Her then boyfriend Pancholi was arrested by the police in a suicide
abetment case filed against him by Jiah's mother.
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