Social media influencer Sapna Gill on Wednesday filed a prison grievance earlier than a Mumbai court docket, searching for registration of a police case in opposition to India and Delhi Capitals opener Prithvi Shaw for allegedly assaulting and outraging her modesty at a membership in suburban Andheri two months in the past. The grievance was filed in opposition to Shaw and his good friend Ashish Yadav earlier than the Andheri Justice of the Peace’s court docket for registration of an FIR beneath IPC sections 354 (assault of prison power to lady with intent to outrage her modesty), 509 (phrase/gesture/act meant to insult the modesty of a lady) and 324 (voluntarily inflicting harm by harmful weapons or means), Gill’s lawyer Ali Kaashif Khan stated.
The complainant alleged the 23-year-old cricketer assaulted her with a bat in February. A medical certificates issued by a authorities hospital has been annexed with the grievance to assist prices in opposition to the accused, Khan stated. A separate grievance was filed in opposition to Airport police station personnel for not discharging their duties and registering an FIR (first info report) beneath IPC part 354 in opposition to Shaw and others on an earlier grievance of Gill, the lawyer stated.
Both the issues are anticipated to be heard by the court docket on April 17. Gill was arrested in February together with some others in reference to an alleged assault on Shaw following an argument over clicking selfies at a suburban resort. She is at the moment out on bail.
After being granted bail within the assault case, Gill had approached the Airport police station in Andheri with a grievance in opposition to Shaw, his good friend Ashish Yadav and others for allegedly outraging her modesty. However, the police have been but to register an FIR in opposition to the Mumbai batsman.
In the grievance earlier than the court docket, Gill claimed she and her good friend Shobhit Thakur are common patrons of the upmarket membership, the place the latter noticed Shaw who was partying along with his associates and was allegedly drunk. Thakur, a cricket fan, approached Shaw for selfies, however his transfer was met with ‘hostility’, the appliance alleged.
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“Thakur, who is just a teenager, was unaware of the brutality of the drunken mob. Thakur was helpless and was unable to defend himself. Hence, she (Gill) intervened and entered the fray trying to stop Shaw and others from further harming and injuring Thakur,” as per the grievance.
When Gill was making an attempt to protect Thakur from the assault, Shaw touched her inappropriately and pushed her away, it stated. Hence, the accused has dedicated the unlawful and heinous crime of outraging her modesty, the grievance alleged.
Shaw has had a sluggish begin with the DC workforce in IPL 2023 season, scoring solely 19 runs in his first two video games with a better of 12. David Warner’s Capitals have misplaced each of their opening matches in IPL 2023 as effectively. DC will play their subsequent match in Guwahati in opposition to Rajasthan Royals on Saturday.
