Actor Suraj Pancholi, son of actors Aditya Pancholi and Zarina Wahab, is accused of abetting Jiah Khan's suicide.

A special CBI court in Mumbai is likely to announce it verdict today in the suicide case of actor Jiah Khan, who was found dead at his suburban home on June 3, 2013.

Actor Suraj Pancholi, son of actors Aditya Pancholi and Zarina Wahab, is accused of abetting Khan's suicide.

Suraj Pancholi was charged on the basis of a 6-page letter written by Khan, which was found her house in Juhu.

According to the Central Bureau of Investigation, the letter, which was seized by the Mumbai Police who started their investigation on June 10, 2013, was written by Jiah Khan.

The CBI said the note reported "intimate relationships, physical abuse and mental and physical torture" against Pancholi, which led to her suicide.

The case was remanded to the Special CBI Court in 2021 after the Sessions Court said it had no jurisdiction over the case as the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had already investigated it.

Special judge CBI AS Sayyad, after hearing the closing arguments of both sides, last week fixed the judgment in the case for April 28.

Jiah Khan's mother, Rabia Khan, who was the main witness in the trial, told the court that she believed it was murder and not suicide. Last year, the Bombay High Court rejected his plea for a retrial in the case.

During her statement, Rabia Khan told the CBI court that Pancholi had a habit of physically and verbally harassing Jiah Khan. He alleged that the police and the CBI could not collect legal documents to prove that her daughter had committed suicide.

Pancholi, in his 313-page statement filed in the court, said that the investigation and the allegations are false, adding that the witnesses testified against him at the request of the accused Rabia Khan, the police and the CBI.

Jiah Khan is best known for his performance with Amitabh Bachchan in 'Nishabd'.