Farooqui case: Court to hear final arguments from Jan 7

The trial in a case involving ‘Peepli Live’ co-director Mahmood Farooqui, who is accused of raping a US researcher, would enter its final stage with a Delhi court slated to hear the final arguments from January 7.

The trial in the case had commenced on September 9 before Additional Sessions Judge Sanjiv Jain who has fixed the matter for final arguments after concluding the recording of defence evidence. The alleged victim, based in the US, had appeared in the court on September 14 to record her statement in the case.

While posting the matter for final arguments, the court also extended the interim bail granted to Farooqui till next date.

The 30-year-old American woman had, during the in-camera proceedings, alleged that Farooqui had raped her at his Sukhdev Vihar residence here on March 28 and later apologised to her in the several e-mails exchanged between them.