Archive · 3 Aug 2026
Court Orders Psychiatric Review for Shraddha Walker Murder Accused
A man named Aaftab Amin Poonawala is accused of killing a woman named Shraddha Walker.
He is in prison at Tihar Jail in Delhi.
While in jail, he has to see a psychiatrist every Tuesday.
The court said this clashes with the trial, so it told the jail to move his visits to Saturdays.
The judge who made the decision is Hargurvarinder Singh Jaggi.
The trial is still in the evidence‑gathering stage, and the judge wants to keep the trial and the doctor visits from interfering with each other.
Delhi court directs Tihar Jail to reschedule Aaftab Amin Poonawala’s psychiatric consultations to Saturdays.
Poonawala’s Tuesday sessions conflicted with the trial’s day‑to‑day schedule.
The trial is in the prosecution evidence stage, running Monday‑Friday since July 21.
Poonawala was arrested on November 12, 2022, after allegedly strangling and dismembering Shraddha Walker.
The order was issued by Additional Sessions Judge Hargurvarinder Singh Jaggi.
- Who
- Aaftab Amin Poonawala, accused in Shraddha Walker’s murder case
- What
- Court directed Tihar Jail to reschedule his psychiatric consultations to Saturdays
- When
- Order issued July 31, 2024; trial has been running Monday‑Friday since July 21
- Where
- Tihar Jail, Delhi
- Why
- To prevent clashes with ongoing trial proceedings
- Accused
- Aaftab Amin Poonawala
- Judge
- Additional Sessions Judge Hargurvarinder Singh Jaggi
- Order Date
- July 31, 2024
- Trial Stage
- Prosecution evidence
- Consultation Day
- Saturdays