Sooraj Pancholi asks court to conclude Jiah Khan case in six months

‘Hero’ (2015) actor Sooraj Pancholi has been accused of being the driving factor of ex-girlfriend Jiah Khan’s suicide in 2013. BizAsiaLive.com has learnt that the actor has put in a special request to the court for the case to b wrapped up in six months.

According to Asian Age, the actor has completed an application requesting a “free, fair and expeditious” trial. The hearing has been deferred until next month and the court has asked him to put Jiah’s mother Rabia as the case’s respondent.

Pancholi’s advocate has alleged that Rabia hasn’t allowed Pancholi to have a fair trial. When contacted, she replied, “The court had neither directed nor asked the CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) to submit a chargesheet, but a report was called on a specific primary query with regards to the cause of death. There has been a delay of 15 months on CBI’s side in preparing a non-conclusive report, which does not conclude suicide/homicide, (the) investigation (is) incomplete.”

“I am sure (if) the accused loved my daughter so much he will be interested to know how she died?… If he has not seen the experts’ forensic report that points (to) homicide and (that) Jiah’s death was staged then he will not be in any rush but emphasis CBI in challenging their investigation and not bother with appointment of the prosecutor. I am not delaying nor interfering but as a mother it’s my duty and it is my first responsibility to question authority and see justice is served,” she continued.

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