A Delhi court on Wednesday said that it would pronounce its judgment on July 2 on framing of charges against Congress leader Shashi Tharoor in a case related to his wife Sunanda Pushkar’s death in a luxury hotel here.
In the last hearing, Rouse Avenue court Special Judge Geetanjli Goel had stated that if the order is not pronounced by April 16, a short date would be given.
The bench had kept the order reserved after prosecution and defence counsel concluded their arguments on the issue of whether charges should be framed against Tharoor in the criminal case.
Senior Advocate Vikas Pahwa, appearing for Tharoor, argued that the prosecution wanted to seek sec.498A of the IPC together with sec. 113A of the Indian Evidence Act against Tharoor to prove the charge under sec. 306 IPC, however, was his case that they failed to prove that this was the case of suicide.
Pahwa also pointed out that as per the CFSL report, which was not being relied upon by the Prosecution, the drug in question was not found in Pushkar’s blood.
