<p class="title">The Supreme Court on Friday admitted an appeal filed by Delhi Police against a high court order that acquitted former TV anchor and producer Suhaib Ilyasi of the charge of killing his wife 19 years ago.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Ilyasi, who had shot into limelight after hosting TV crime show, India's Most Wanted, was acquitted of the murder charges by the Delhi High Court on October 5 last year saying that the prosecution's case was not established.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A Delhi court had on December 20, 2017 sentenced Ilyasi to life term for stabbing his wife to death, saying he "committed murder and gave it the colour of suicide".</p>.<p class="bodytext">A bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao and M R Shah said they have already admitted a similar appeal filed by complainant Rukma Singh, mother of the victim Anju Singh.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Leave granted," the bench said in its order and tagged it along with Rukma's plea, for hearing on February 28.</p>.<p class="CrossHead">Delayed medical aid?</p>.<p class="bodytext">The high court held that there was nothing to suggest that 52-year-old Ilyasi deliberately delayed medical assistance for his wife Anju, who was first taken to a private hospital and then to the AIIMS, where she was declared dead.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The incident had taken place on the intervening night of January 10-11, 2000 when Anju was rushed to a hospital with stab wounds she received at her East Delhi residence.</p>
<p class="title">The Supreme Court on Friday admitted an appeal filed by Delhi Police against a high court order that acquitted former TV anchor and producer Suhaib Ilyasi of the charge of killing his wife 19 years ago.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Ilyasi, who had shot into limelight after hosting TV crime show, India's Most Wanted, was acquitted of the murder charges by the Delhi High Court on October 5 last year saying that the prosecution's case was not established.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A Delhi court had on December 20, 2017 sentenced Ilyasi to life term for stabbing his wife to death, saying he "committed murder and gave it the colour of suicide".</p>.<p class="bodytext">A bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao and M R Shah said they have already admitted a similar appeal filed by complainant Rukma Singh, mother of the victim Anju Singh.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Leave granted," the bench said in its order and tagged it along with Rukma's plea, for hearing on February 28.</p>.<p class="CrossHead">Delayed medical aid?</p>.<p class="bodytext">The high court held that there was nothing to suggest that 52-year-old Ilyasi deliberately delayed medical assistance for his wife Anju, who was first taken to a private hospital and then to the AIIMS, where she was declared dead.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The incident had taken place on the intervening night of January 10-11, 2000 when Anju was rushed to a hospital with stab wounds she received at her East Delhi residence.</p>
