A Delhi court today sent Sunanda Pushkar’s death case against Congress leader Shashi Tharoor to Sessions court for further proceedings.
Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal sent the case to Additional Sessions Judge Arun Bhardwaj since the offence under Section 306 (abetment of suicide) of the Indian Penal Code was triable by a sessions judge.
The court also directed Delhi police to preserve vigilance report in the matter. The maximum punishment for the offence is 10 years of imprisonment.
Tharoor, former Union minister and Pushkar’s husband, has been charged under sections 498-A and 306 of the Indian Penal Code but has not been arrested in the case.
