A month after the Mumbai Police filed a chargesheet
against him for abetting the suicide of Bollywood actor Jiah Khan, Sooraj
Pancholi appeared before the trial court here on Thursday.
"Sooraj, son of actor couple Aditya Pancholi
and Zarina Wahab, appeared before the court today and the court adjourned the
case till next month," said advocate Dinesh Tiwari who is appearing in the
case on behalf of Jiah's mother Rabiya.
The pre-trial formalities in the case are yet to be
over. Juhu police had on January 16 filed a 447-page chargesheet in
metropolitan magistrate's court in Andheri, following which the magistrate
transferred the case to the sessions court for trial.
Jiah, an American citizen, was found dead at her
Juhu home on June 3 last year. The police arrested Sooraj on June 10 on the
basis of a six-page letter which was found in the house, purportedly written by
Jiah. Police booked him on the charge of abetement of suicide.
According to the police, Jiah was in a relationship
with Pancholi. Sooraj was granted bail by the Bombay high court on July 1,
2013. In his bail plea, he said they were in a consensual relationship and the
letter was being misused by Jiah's mother Rabiya.
Rabiya moved the Bombay high court in October 2013
alleging her daughter had been murdered and sought a CBI probe. Following this,
the court asked the police to record her statement, collect material given by
her, and probe the murder angle.
Last month, Rabiya had met the officials in the
Consulate of United States of America in Mumbai where she was assured that they
(consulate) had written to Indian authorities offering help in probing Jiah's
death
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