Court lists case for hearing on arguments on charges against Aftab Poonawala

Delhis Saket court on Friday listed the matter on March 7 for hearing arguments on charges against Aftab Amin Poonawala accused of strangling his livein partner Shraddha Walkar and chopping her body into 35 piecesThe case was listed before Additional Sessions Judge ASJ Manisha Khurana KakkarASJ Kakkar listed the matter for hearing on arguments on charge on March 7 Aftab was produced physically in the court He also interacted with his counselThe Principal District and Sessions Judge Narottam Kaushal assigned the Shraddha murder case to ASJ Kakkar for further hearing in the matterAdvocate Brijesh Oberoi also appeared as Legal Aid Counsel LAC for AftabOn the other hand advocate M S Khan submitted before the court that he is the counsel for the accused A LAC cant be appointed when there is a private counsel engaged Aftab has also not expressed his desire to have a LACHe also submitted that he will withdraw his vakalatnama if any other private counsel appears for the accusedThe magistrate court on February 21 committed the case to the court of SessionsOn February 7 Metropolitan magistrate Aviral Shukla took cognizance of the charge sheet filed against Aftab Amin PoonawalaAlso Read ED gets Sukesh Chandrashekhars remand extention in moneylaundering caseDelhi police on January 24 filed a voluminous 6629 pages charge sheet against Aftab Poonawala in the Shraddha Walkar murder caseThe charge sheet contains 6629 pages including the annexuresThe judge had said it is voluminousThe charge sheet has been filed under sections of 302 201 and other sections of the Indian Penal Code IPCDelhi police filed the charge before the expiry of 90 days after its investigationDuring the investigation Delhi police conducted the narco Analysis test polygraph test and collected the DNA evidence to establish the allegations against AftabAftab is accused of strangling his livein partner in May 2022 in the Mehrauli area After the alleged strangulation he allegedly cut the body of the deceased into 35 piecesEarlier the court had dismissed the bail plea of Aftab Poonawala after he withdrew the sameThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever