Actor Sheezan Khan files bail plea in Vasai court, hearing on Feb 23

Jailed television actor Sheezan Khan, arrested for allegedly abetting the suicide of his co-actor Tunisha Sharma, on Tuesday has withdrawn his bail application from the Bombay High Court and has moved the Sessions court again and the hearing for the same would be held on February 23.

The 500-page chargesheet was filed by the Waliv police station on February 16 in which Khan is accused of abetment of suicide in actor Tunisha Sharma's death.

The counsel, Sharad Rai, said they had filed the bail application earlier in the Bombay High Court, but have now withdrawn the plea from there and moved the sessions court for relief.

According to him, the application stated that since a chargesheet in the case has been filed and police investigation completed, Khan, arrested in December-end and currently in jail under judicial custody, should be enlarged on bail.

District Judge and Additional Sessions Judge SM Deshpande is likely to hear the bail application on February 23, Rai said.

The Mira Bhayandar Vasai Virar (MBVV) police on February 16 filed a 500-page chargesheet in the sessions court in the case where Khan has been booked under Indian Penal Code (IPC) section 306 (abetment of suicide).

Conviction under the section attracts jail term extending up to ten years.
Sharma (21) was found hanging on the set of a TV serial near Valiv in Palghar district on Mumbai's outskirts on December 24.

Khan and Sharma were in a relationship, but later broke up. Once a chargesheet is filed, charges are framed by a judge and the trial starts.

Tunisha (21) was found hanging in the washroom on the set of the serial near Vasai in Palghar district of Maharashtra on December 24, 2022. A day after her death, her co-star Sheezan was arrested after the late actress' mother accused him of abetment to suicide and claimed that the actor 'used' her daughter.