The Bombay High Court on Tuesday directed Rabiya Khan, the mother of actor Jiah Khan, who had allegedly committed suicide, to file an affidavit in response to a petition filed by Sooraj Pancholi seeking to expedite the trial against him. Sooraj Pancholi has been charged with abetting the suicide of Jiah Khan on June 3, 2013.

Jiah Khan

Sooraj had a few months back approached the high court seeking a direction to a sessions court to expedite the trial in the case. The actor had alleged that Jiah Khan's mother was resorting to delaying tactics by filing applications in the trial court saying she wants to address the court directly. When the petition came up for hearing today, Justice Anuja Prabhudessai asked Rabiya Khan to file her affidavit in two weeks.