Shraddha murder case accused Aftaab Poonawala withdraws bail plea

A Delhi Court on Thursday dismissed the bail application of Aftaab Amin Poonawala after the latter refused to press his petition. He was produced in the court through video conferencing. While talking to ANI, Shraddha’s father’s advocate Seema Kushwaha said, “Chargesheet not filed yet but Aftaab’s bail application filed. Aftaab denied giving permission to his advocate to file for bail. His advocate should have stood for humanity first and then for a criminal. However, today he withdrew the bail application.”Delhi police have moved an application seeking permission to obtain a voice sample of Aftaab. The plea is likely to be heard tomorrow, his counsel told. Aftaab’s judicial custody also expires tomorrow. Additional Sessions Judge Vrinda Kumari of Saket court dismissed the bail application of Aftaab Amin Poonawala after interacting with him through video conferencing.He told the court that he does not want to press the bail application. Aftaab Amin Poonawala’s lawyer, advocate M S Khan submitted before the court that he had a meeting with Aftaab in Tihar jail for 50 minutes.On the other side, advocate, Seema Kushwaha representing the father of Shraddha told the media that the application was filed without the consent of Aftaab. She also told that the lawyer should be sensitive in this matter. On the last date of the hearing, Aftaab told the court that he would decide after talking to his lawyer whether he want to pursue the bail or not.