Jiah Khan suicide: Suraj Pancholi's bail plea hearing on June 21

The Sessions Court on Friday adjourned the hearing of bail application of Suraj Pancholi arrested in the Jiah Khan suicide case to June 21. The court has asked the police to file their reply by June 21.

The bail application filed by advocate Zameer Khan, the counsel for Pancholi, has stated that this was the way adopted by the complainant (Jiah Khan’s mother) to destroy the career of Suraj.

“The main evidence against my client is the only six-page letter which the police claim is written by Jiah. But how can Jiah write a six-page letter before she decides to commit suicide. Further, the police say that the letter was addressed to Suraj, but the letter no where mentions Suraj’s name. Also the letter does not have a signature, thus there is no authenticity and author to the alleged letter. Hence, the alleged letter cannot be taken as gospel truth and that the complainant is allegedly misusing the letter as she has no case whatsoever and only taking out revenge for the reasons best known to her. She wants to destroy the career and reputation of my client,” reads the bail application.

The defence also claimed that it was a known fact that Jiah was depressed over  her career and hence she took a drastic step to end her life. Dr Anand Pal Singh, Jiah’s doctor, also maintained that she was under stress due to her career.