Sooraj Pancholi appeals to the CBI court to issue a non-bailable warrant against Jiah Khan's mother: Reports

According to reports, Bollywood actor Sooraj Pancholi has filed an application with the special CBI court in Mumbai alleging that Rabia Khan, the mother of Jiah Khan, is attempting to stall the trial. The actor requested that a non-bailable warrant (NBW) be issued against Rabia Khan. He said that Rabia had been purposefully avoiding summonses and purposely not appearing before the Special CBI Court.

The handwritten application read, “The prosecution has served the summons to the original complainant several times, but she is not appearing before this court to depose her statement. The original complainant doesn't seem to be cooperating with this court for an expeditious trial and avoiding coming before this court to delay the trial.”

The article said that the CBI was requested to submit a response to Pancholi's motion by special CBI judge AS Sayyad. The matter has been postponed to a further hearing on July 7.

Rabia has apparently been served with a summons by the court since February 2022 to depose her testimony. She has so far sent two statements explaining her inability to travel from London to Mumbai to give testimony. She said that her internet was down at one point and that her house had flooded at another.

For the unversed, in 2013 Jiah Khan was found dead at her residence and Juhu police detained her boyfriend, Sooraj Pancholi, on suspicion of abetting her suicide.