Additional Sessions Judge Manisha Khurana Kakkar had on April 15 reserved the order for Saturday after listening to arguments on framing of costs from the prosecution legal professionals in addition to these of the accused.

A Delhi court docket on Saturday mounted for May 9 the decision on framing costs in opposition to Aaftab Amin Poonawala, accused of strangling his live-in accomplice Shraddha Walkar and chopping her physique into items.

Additional Sessions Judge Vishal Pahuja adjourned the matter, noting that the decide involved was on depart.

Additional Sessions Judge Manisha Khurana Kakkar had on April 15 reserved the order for Saturday after listening to arguments on framing of costs from the prosecution legal professionals in addition to these of the accused.

The court docket additionally adjourned for May 9 the listening to on an software by Walkar’s father, urging the decide that the girl’s stays be handed over to the household for the final rites as required by custom and tradition.

Delhi Police is scheduled to file its reply to the appliance on the subsequent date of listening to. The probe company had on April 15 sought time to file its reply to the plea of Walkar’s father.

Poonawala has been booked by Delhi Police for offences underneath Indian Penal Code sections 302 (homicide) and 201 (inflicting disappearance of proof of offence).

Delhi Police filed a 6,629-page cost sheet within the case on January 24.

Walkar was allegedly strangled by Poonawala on May 18 final yr, following which he sawed her physique into items and stored them in a fridge for nearly three weeks at his residence in South Delhi’s Mehrauli.

He scattered the physique elements at totally different locations within the nationwide capital to keep away from being caught.