In the Shraddha Walkar murder case, a Delhi court has ordered Rohini Forensic Science Lab to conduct a narco test on accused Aaftab Poonawala within five days.
The court directed the investigation officer (IO) not to use any third-degree measures. Aaftab has been held in police custody for five days. Metropolitan magistrate Vijayshree Rathore of Saket Court allowed the application seeking permission for the narcoanalysis test of accused Aaftab.
The court allowed the plea after noting the consent of the accused through Legal Aid Counsel Harshit Sagar. The accused was produced through videoconferencing (VC).
“The FSL, Rohini, is directed to allow the IO for conducting the Narco Analysis Test of the accused within five days from today,” the court said in an order passed on Thursday.
The court also directed the investigation officer (IO) not to use any other third-degree measures. MLC must be prepared in accordance with the rules.
During the proceedings, the accused was informed about the Narco Analysis Test and its implications.
He was also informed that because he is not appearing in court today and his consent for the Narcos Analysis Test is being sought via video conferencing mode via video conferencing Meet, his consent will be recorded through his Legal Aid Counsel, Harshit Sagar, who was appointed in his behalf on November 14, 2022.
“Because the accused has consented to a narcotics analysis test, the application moved on behalf of the IO is allowed,” the court said.
At this stage, the IO has submitted that he has to seek permission from the FSL Department, Rohini, Delhi, for conducting the narcotics analysis test on the accused. Thereafter, the court directed the lab to conduct the test within 5 days.
A Delhi court on Thursday extended the police custody of accused Aftab Amin Poonawala for five more days in the Shraddha murder case. The court also granted the accused’s request for a narco test.
He was produced before the court through VC after five days of police custody. He was arrested on Saturday.
Metropolitan magistrate Aviral Shukla of Saket court had extended the police custody of Aaftab Poonawala for the next five days after the submission of the police.
Delhi moved an application seeking an extension of police custody for ten days.
According to sources Delhi Police submitted before the court that the investigation is going on. The accused is to be taken to Uttrakhand and Himachal Pradesh where he went with Shraddha.
Delhi police submitted that further custodial interrogation of the accused is required to unearth the entire case and to collect the evidence.
Earlier, the court had allowed applications seeking the appearance of Aaftab through VC.
