He filed an application to special judge Yogesh Khanna seeking provision for healthy food and reading material in jail.He told the court that he was appearing for IAF examination and hence needed nutritious food and reading material. The examination is scheduled to he held on April 7. The session’s judge sent his application to the Tihar jail authorities for their comments.

The court earlier agreed to provide him with a tutor to coach him for the upcoming examination. He immediately filed petition for good food and reading material. Sharma accused the jail authorities of giving him clothes with large holes in them. He said that the police had seized all his clothes from his house, to which officials said that the clothes were case property and could not be given to him until the trial comes to a close.

Meanwhile, the court gave an ultimatum to the defence counsel for arriving late for the trial. On Monday, the proceedings of the court were delayed by approximately 45 minutes as the lawyer representing Sharma and Pawan Gupta, one of the four accused adults, reached the courtroom late.