Shraddha murder case: Aftab moves pleas seeking supply of chargesheet, footage

Aftab Amin Poonawala the accused in the Shraddha Walkar murder case has moved two applications before the trial court seeking supply of the chargesheet and footage in a proper mannerHe has also sought the release of his education certificate saying he wants to pursue his higher studiesThe application was moved by advocate M S Khan on behalf of AftabIn one of the applications it is submitted that the echargesheet has been supplied to the counsel but it is not in proper form and cannot be readIt is also said that the pen drive containing the chargesheet is overloaded and is not supported by any advanced computerIt is also said that the footage is mismanaged in the said pen driveThe plea has sought direction from the investigation officer to provide the chargesheet in a folderwise manner and the footage in a separate pen driveIn other applications it is submitted that the accused has a copy of the chargesheet but he does not have writing material like a pen pencil or notebook He wants to assist his counsel so he urgently needs writing materialThe plea has sought direction from the jail authorities to provide him with these thingsHe also sought direction from the investigation officer to release his educational certificateSaket court on February 7 took cognisance of the chargesheet filed against Aftab Amin Poonawala in the Shraddha Walkar murder caseAlso Read Shraddha Walkar murder Delhi cops file charge sheet call it lsquowatertightrsquoThe court after taking cognisance listed the matter for scrutiny of documents on February 21Delhi police on January 24 filed a voluminous 6629 pages charge sheet against Aftab Amin Poonawala in the Shraddha Walkar murder case The charge sheet contains 6629 pages including the annexures it is voluminous the judge saidAccused Aftab was produced through video conferencing from Tihar Jail after the expiry of judicial custodyEarlier Aftab had told the court that he wants to change his counsel advocate M S KhanThe chargesheet has been filed under sections of 302 201 and other sections of the Indian Penal Code IPCDelhi police filed the chargesheet before the expiry of 90 days of its investigationDuring the investigation Delhi police conducted the narco Analysis and polygraph tests on Aaftab and also collected DNA evidence to support the allegations against himAftab is accused of strangling his livein partner in May 2022 in the Mehrauli area After the alleged strangulation he allegedly cut the body of his livein partner into 35 piecesAccording to sources Delhi police had some videos and audio footage related to the case and wanted to obtain a voice sample of Aftab to examine that evidenceEarlier the Saket court had dismissed the bail plea of Aftab 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