<p>Nearly 10 years after actor-model Jiah Khan was found hanging in a flat in Mumbai, a special CBI court in Mumbai is set to deliver its verdict on Friday in the much-talked-about case - in which Bollywood actor Sooraj Pancholi stood as an accused.</p>.<p>Sooraj (32), the son of actor-couple Aditya Pancholi and Zarina Wahab, has acted in films like <em>Hawa Singh (2022), Time To Dance (2021), Satellite Shankar (2019), Hero (2014), Heer Ranjha (2011). </em></p>.<p>Jiah (25) was found hanging at her flat in Sagar Sangeet Building in the posh Juhu area on June 3, 2013 around midnight. </p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/gujarat-man-who-raped-three-minor-girls-in-10-days-killed-one-of-them-gets-death-penalty-1209474.html" target="_blank">Gujarat: Man who raped three minor girls in 10 days, killed one of them gets death penalty</a></strong><br /><br />Jiah made her film debut at 19 in Ram Gopal Varma’s <em>Nishabd</em> in 2007 and went on to appear in a couple of more films <em>Ghajini and Housefull</em>, her only other films in her short career.</p>.<p>Jiah was in a relationship with Sooraj, who was then trying to make a foothold in Bollywood.</p>.<p>She apparently left a note, which points fingers towards Aditya Pancholi's son Sooraj, who was later arrested in connection with her suicide. </p>.<p>The case was later handed over to the CBI following repeated pleas by mother Rabia Khan and directives of the Bombay High court on 3 July, 2014.</p>.<p>Sooraj was booked under section 306 of the Indian Penal Code for allegedly abetting Jiah's suicide, a week after she ended her life.</p>.<p>Jiah, in her note, had narrated her ordeal, intimate relationship, physical abuse, and mental and physical torture allegedly at the hands of Sooraj.</p>.<p>The prosecution in the case had examined 22 witnesses including Jiah’s mother Rabia. </p>.<p>Advocate Prashant Patil appeared for Sooraj.</p>
<p>Nearly 10 years after actor-model Jiah Khan was found hanging in a flat in Mumbai, a special CBI court in Mumbai is set to deliver its verdict on Friday in the much-talked-about case - in which Bollywood actor Sooraj Pancholi stood as an accused.</p>.<p>Sooraj (32), the son of actor-couple Aditya Pancholi and Zarina Wahab, has acted in films like <em>Hawa Singh (2022), Time To Dance (2021), Satellite Shankar (2019), Hero (2014), Heer Ranjha (2011). </em></p>.<p>Jiah (25) was found hanging at her flat in Sagar Sangeet Building in the posh Juhu area on June 3, 2013 around midnight. </p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/gujarat-man-who-raped-three-minor-girls-in-10-days-killed-one-of-them-gets-death-penalty-1209474.html" target="_blank">Gujarat: Man who raped three minor girls in 10 days, killed one of them gets death penalty</a></strong><br /><br />Jiah made her film debut at 19 in Ram Gopal Varma’s <em>Nishabd</em> in 2007 and went on to appear in a couple of more films <em>Ghajini and Housefull</em>, her only other films in her short career.</p>.<p>Jiah was in a relationship with Sooraj, who was then trying to make a foothold in Bollywood.</p>.<p>She apparently left a note, which points fingers towards Aditya Pancholi's son Sooraj, who was later arrested in connection with her suicide. </p>.<p>The case was later handed over to the CBI following repeated pleas by mother Rabia Khan and directives of the Bombay High court on 3 July, 2014.</p>.<p>Sooraj was booked under section 306 of the Indian Penal Code for allegedly abetting Jiah's suicide, a week after she ended her life.</p>.<p>Jiah, in her note, had narrated her ordeal, intimate relationship, physical abuse, and mental and physical torture allegedly at the hands of Sooraj.</p>.<p>The prosecution in the case had examined 22 witnesses including Jiah’s mother Rabia. </p>.<p>Advocate Prashant Patil appeared for Sooraj.</p>
