Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Friday dismissed a plea filed by television actor Sheezan Khan seeking quashing of the FIR registered against him for allegedly abetting suicide of Co-actor Tunisha Sharma last December.
A bench of Justices Ajey Gadkari and Sharmila Deshmukh dismissed the plea on Friday.
On December 24, 2022, Sharma, 21, and Khan were Shooting for Hindi TV show Ali Baba: Dastaan-E-Kabul, in a studio near Vasai at thr outskirts of Mumbai. Sharma was later found dead in the washroom on the set.
Sheezan Khan Was Charged Under Abetment To Suicide Charges
The actors were in a relationship but broke up fews weeks before she died by suicide. A day later, Waliv police arrested Khan under charges of abetment to suicide.
He approached the HC seeking quashing of the FIR. His advocate Sharad Rai had argued that to enter into a relationship and break up are normal facets of life. And if two persons in such a relationship terminate, then the mere fact that the other person commits suicide does not justify the offence registered under IPC section 306 (abetment of suicide) with its consequences of arrest and custody.
Khan contended that there was nothing to suggest that he had done any act with the specific criminal intention, of compelling Sharma to die by suicide. Besides, he submitted that Sharma was under medication since she was a mental health patient.
The actor claimed to be a victim is various allegations spread against him since he and Sharma belonged to different religions.
State Opposes Khan's Plea
The state opposed his plea saying that even CCTV footage showed that Sharma was normal before Khan went into the room and that she looked “very disturbed” after he came out. The prosecution said that they had strong evidence of Khan’s involvement in abetting the suicide. The police had seized mobile phones of both the actors.
Khan was granted bail by magistrate in March this year.
