Sooraj Pancholi

Pancholi can travel to Nepal between October 1 and October 7 on depositing a security of Rs 2 lakhs with the court.
FREE PRESS JOURNAL (September 30, 2021)

A special CBI court on Thursday permitted actor Sooraj Pancholi, accused in the abetment of suicide of actor and his former partner Jiah Khan, to travel to Nepal.

Pancholi can travel to Nepal between October 1 and October 7 on depositing a security of Rs 2 lakh with the court.

The court had directed him to furnish his travel itinerary and the contact number he will be using during his stay to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the prosecuting agency in the case.

Earlier this month, a special CBI court dismissed petitions seeking permission for further probe in Bollywood actor Jiah Khan's alleged suicide.

The petitions had been filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation and Jiah's mother Rabiya Khan.

Actor Sooraj Pancholi was booked for alleged abetment to suicide in the case and is now out on bail.

The CBI had sought permission from the court to send a 'dupatta', purportedly used by Jiah to hang herself, to the Central Forensic Laboratory at Chandigarh for further analysis.

It also wanted to send seized cellphones to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the US to retrieve 'deleted' chats between Jiah and Pancholi.

Pancholi's lawyer Prashant Patil objected to the petitions, saying the matter has already been decided by the High Court and Supreme court.

Special judge A S Sayyad dismissed the pleas after hearing the arguments.