"The matter is kept for hearing (the arguments) on the charge (against Suraj Pancholi) on February 12," said judge A S Shende before adjourning the case.
Earlier today, when the special public prosecutor Dinesh Tiwari sought time to go through the chargesheet, the judge reprimanded him and said that he was prolonging the case.
"Already more than one month was given to you so that you come prepared. But you are still seeking adjournment. This is not the way prosecution seeks adjournment. How long will you prolong (the case)?," the judge said.
25-year-old Sooraj, who is the son of Bollywood couple Aditya Pancholi and Zarina Wahab, was present in the court today.
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The actor, who made his debut in Bollywood recently, has been charged by CBI with abetting the suicide of Jiah Khan, whom he met through Facebook in September2012 and the friendship blossomed into "intimate relationship" over a period of time.
As per the charge sheet filed in a court on December 9 last year, it is alleged that on the fateful day of June 3, 2013, when Jiah was found hanging by her mother at her residence, she had left Sooraj's house in morning, where they had been staying together for last two days.
Suraj had refused to be part of any scientific tests
like polygraph or brain mapping, which the agency wanted to conduct to get to the bottom of his alleged role in the incident, sources had said.
CBI has alleged that a three-page note seized by Mumbai Police on June 10, 2013 was written by Jiah, in which she narrated her intimate relationship, physical abuse and mental as well as physical torture allegedly experienced at the hands of Sooraj which led to her suicide.
It alleged that the letter was not signed and even not addressed to Sooraj. However, evidence on hand incriminates Sooraj only.