Delhi Court Stops News Channel from Telecasting Poonawala’s Narco Test

New Delhi: A Delhi court on Monday put restrictions on a news channel from telecasting any material related to the FIR registered in the Shraddha Walkar murder case. The court passed this order after hearing a plea moved by the Delhi Police regarding issuing orders to “Aaj Tak” and other media channels not to telecast any material regarding the FIR in the case.

“This court is of the view that till the next date, the Aaj Tak news channel shall not utilise in any form any material related to the FIR. The matter is to be taken up on April 17 for a detailed hearing,” the judge said.

He also noted the submissions made by Chief Public Prosecutor Vinod Sharma and Special Public Prosecutor Amit Prasad that recordings and transcripts have already been made part of the court records and in such circumstances, no party or person can utilise anything related to a court record without the permission of the court.

As per the law, a chargesheet is not a public document. Therefore, it cannot be made available for public consumption, the court said.

According to the chargesheet filed in the case, accused Aaftab Ameen Poonawala allegedly strangled his live-in partner Shraddha Walkar on May 18 last year and sawed her body into several pieces, which he kept in a refrigerator for almost three weeks at his residence in south Delhi’s Mehrauli.