A bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad stated it was a publicity curiosity litigation
New Delhi: Terming it a ‘publicity curiosity litigation’, the Delhi Excessive Court docket on Tuesday dismissed with prices a PIL looking for instructions for the Shraddha Walkar homicide investigation to be transferred from Delhi Police to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
The courtroom, nevertheless, didn’t specify the associated fee quantity.
A bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad stated it was a publicity curiosity litigation and never a single floor was made out.
The plea alleged that the presence of media and public in locations of recoveries quantities to interference with proof.
It alleged that Delhi Police had revealed each element to the media and public individuals relating to every step of its investigation and this isn’t permitted beneath the regulation.
Aaftab Amin Poonawala, 28, allegedly strangled Shraddha Walkar and sawed her physique into 35 items which he saved in a fridge for nearly three weeks at his dwelling in south Delhi’s Mehrauli locality. He then dumped the physique components throughout the town over a number of days within the lifeless of the evening.
Police has stated the couple steadily argued over monetary points. It’s suspected a battle between them resulted in Poonawala killing 27-year-old Walkar on the night of Might 18.
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