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<\/div>\nJiah Khan was found dead in her suburban home on June 3, 2013. (File)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Nearly a decade after actor Jiah Khan’s death by suicide, a special CBI court in Mumbai today acquitted her boyfriend and film star Sooraj Pancholi of abetment charges.<\/p>\n
Reacting to the acquittal Sooraj Pancholi said, “The verdict has taken 10 long painful years and sleepless nights, But today I have not only won this case against me but I have also won my dignity and confidence back.”<\/p>\n
“It took a lot of courage to face the world with such heinous allegations, I hope and pray to God that nobody goes through what I have gone through at such a young age. I don’t know who will give me these 10 years of my life back to me, but I am glad that this has finally come to an end not only for me but specially for my family. There is nothing bigger than peace in this world,” he added.<\/p>\n
After arriving home from the court, the ‘Hero’ actor greeted media persons and his housing staff later distributed sweets to them.<\/p>\n
“Due to paucity of evidence, this court can’t hold you (Sooraj Pancholi) guilty, hence acquitted,” Special CBI court judge Judge AS Sayyed said while pronouncing the verdict.<\/p>\n
Jiah Khan was found dead in her suburban home on June 3, 2013.<\/p>\n
Based on a letter seized on June 10, which was purportedly written by the 25-year-old Jiah, Mumbai Police charged Suraj Pancholi under section 306 (abatement to suicide) and arrested him.<\/p>\n
Sooraj Pancholi, son of actors Aditya Pancholi and Zarina Wahab, was allegedly in a relationship with Jiah.<\/p>\n
Jiah’s mother Rabia Khan alleged that her daughter was murdered.<\/p>\n
In October 2013, Rabia Khan moved to the Bombay High Court seeking a CBI probe in the case while alleging that her daughter had been murdered.<\/p>\n
On the order of the Bombay High Court, the CBI took over the probe from the Maharashtra Police in July 2014.<\/p>\n
Ms Khan claimed that her daughter was in an abusive relationship with Sooraj Pancholi. Their relationship began in September 2012.<\/p>\n
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