Special CBI court judge AS Sayyad, while pronouncing the verdict, said due to lack of evidence, the court holds Pancholi not guilty. Sooraj, the son of actor couple Aditya Pancholi and Zarina Wahab, was present in the court with his mother at the time of the verdict. Sooraj Pancholi was accused of abetting the suicide of Jiah Khan based on a six-page letter

The police had arrested Sooraj, the son of actor couple Aditya Pancholi and Zarina Wahab, on the basis of a six-page letter, purportedly written by the Bollywood starlet, and booked him for abetment of suicide. The note narrated the 25-year-old actress's "intimate relationship, physical abuse and mental and physical torture