Shraddha Walkar murder case: Unlock Aaftab for 8 hours a day, Delhi HC to Tihar Jail
Hindustan TimesNew Delhi, The Delhi High Court asked the Tihar Jail authorities on Friday to allow Aaftab Amin Poonawala, the main accused in the sensational Shraddha Walker murder case, to come out in the open for eight hours a day before lodging him in a solitary cell at night. HT Image The order was passed by a bench headed by Justice Suresh Kumar Kait on a petition filed by Poonawala, contending that under the garb of security, he cannot be kept in solitary confinement. "Since it is the request of the petitioner's counsel, we direct the jail authorities to unlock him for eight hours, as applicable to other prisoners, and during the night, he be lodged in a solitary cell," the bench, also comprising Justice Girish Kathpalia, ordered. Poonawala's lawyer said his client is allowed "zero" human interaction in jail and is being kept in solitary confinement even though he has not committed any "jail offence".