For initiation of trial proceedings, Delhi’s Saket court on Tuesday sent Shraddha Walkar murder case to a sessions court. Aftab Amin Poonawala, accused of murdering his live-in partner Shraddha Walkar and then chopping body into several pieces, will be produced before a principal district and sessions judge on February 24. Metropolitan Magistrate Aviral Shukla said: “Scrutiny of documents is complete… Section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code is exclusively triable by sessions court.” He added: “The accused be produced before principal district and sessions judge on February 24 at 2 pm.” Poonawala requested the court at the hearing for permission to carry a book of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), a notebook, and a pen to the proceedings so that he could take notes and help his counsel. In response, Poonawala was directed to file an application before the sessions court. On February 13, Poonawala had filed applications in the court for release of a ‘proper’ soft copy of the charge sheet and his educational certificates to pursue higher studies. The court had on February 7 taken cognisance of the charge sheet filed by the Delhi Police against Poonawala. On January 24, the police had filed the charge sheet in the case which contains over 6,000 pages, and the court had extended his custody for 14 days.