The Delhi High Court on Wednesday restrained all
news channels from displaying or playing content of the charge sheet in the
Shraddha Walkar murder case.
Justice Rajnish Bhatnagar also directed the Centre
to ensure that no news channel displays such material till disposal of the
petition filed by Delhi Police.
The order was passed on a plea by the Delhi Police
seeking to restrain media houses from publishing, printing and disseminating
confidential information contained in the charge sheet and other such materials
collected during the course of investigation in the case.
Special Public Prosecutor Amit Prasad submitted that
Aaj Tak news channel has got access to narco analysis video of accused Aaftab
Poonawala and the channel was restrained by the trial court from showing any
such content.
However, he said the order needs to be passed
against all other channels also as the video might have been shared with others
and if telecasted, it would prejudice the case.
The high court listed the matter for further hearing
on August 3.
Poonawala is accused of strangling his live-in
partner Walkar and chopping her body into pieces in Mehrauli here on May 18
last year.
The Delhi Police had filed the 6,629-page charge
sheet in the case on January 24.