Prithvi Shaw attack case: Sapna Gill, 3 others get bail; social media influencer files case against cricketer

Sapna
Gill
and
four
others
were
arrested
by
Mumbai
Police
after
a
complaint
was
filed
against
them
for
attacking
the
India
cricketer’s
car
with
a
baseball
bat
in
Mumbai
last
week
after
an

argument
over
taking
selfie
with
him.

Earlier
in
the
day,
the
court
rejected
the
police
plea
seeking
an
extension
of
their
remand
by
another
four
days
on
the
ground
they
needed
more
time
to
recover
the
baseball
bat
and
the
vehicle
used
in
the
alleged
crime.

It
then
sent
Gill,
her
friend
Shobhit
Thakur
and
two
others,
Rudra
Solanki
and
Sahil
Singh,
to
jail
under
14-day
judicial
custody.
All
four
accused
were
arrested
last
week
and
were
in
police
custody
till
February
20.

After
being
sent
to
judicial
custody,
the
social
media
influencer
and
the
other
accused
immediately
moved
bail
applications
before
the
court.
Metropolitan
magistrate,
Andheri
court,
C
P
Kashid,
after
hearing
brief
arguments,
granted
bail
to
all
of
them.

Gill,
in
her
application
filed
through
advocate
Kaashif
Ali
Khan,
claimed
the
FIR
(first
information)
against
her
has
been
registered
on
“completely
false
and
bogus
allegations”.

“The
statements
in
the
FIR
are
fabricated,
concocted
and
without
any
basis
and
the
applicant
(Gill)
is
being
falsely
implicated
in
the
above
case,”
the
bail
plea
said.

Charges
against
Sapna
Gill
and
others

After
initially
charging
them
with
rioting,
unlawful
assembly
and
criminal
intimidation,
the
Mumbai
police
later
added
a
stringent
section
of
the
Indian
Penal
Code
(IPC)
–
387
(putting
a
person
in
fear
of
death
or
of
grievous
hurt
in
order
to
commit
extortion)
–
in
the
case.
The
IPC
section
387
attracts
jail
term
up
to
seven
years.

Advocate
Khan
argued
the
stringent
provision
was
added
belatedly
just
to
harass
the
accused.
The
case
was
filed
because
Shaw
must
have
thought
Gill
might
file
a
complaint
against
him
over
the
selfie
row,
Khan
said
further,
adding
keeping
her
“behind
bars
will
not
be
fruitful”.

After
his
client
got
the
bail,
Khan
informed
the
media
that
a
case
will
be
lodged
against
the
Indian
cricketer,
“The
police
asked
for
3
more
days
of
custody,
but
the
magistrate
understood
that
this
case
has
many
loopholes.
That’s
why
the
bail
application
of
Social
Media
Influencer
Sapna
Gill
has
been
accepted.

“The
complaint
against
Prithvi
Shaw
will
be
filed
today
under
sections
354,
509,
351,
324,
323
&
others.”

The
complaint
against
Prithvi
Shaw
will
be
filed
today
under
sections
354,
509,
351,
324,
323
&
others:
Kaashif
Ali
Khan,
Sapna
Gill’s
Lawyer

pic.twitter.com/QPkAcfRJx0

—
ANI
(@ANI)

February
20,
2023

Advocate
Shekhar
Bhambure,
appearing
for
Thakur,
argued
the
police
didn’t
take
permission
from
the
court
while
adding
the
IPC
section
387.

The
police,
represented
by
public
prosecutor
Atia
Sheikh,
opposed
the
bail
applications,
saying
the
investigation
in
the
case
has
not
been
completed
yet.
Sheikh
argued
the
accused
had
chased
Shaw
to
take
“revenge”
as
he
refused
to
pose
for
a
selfie
with
them.

They
could
have
even
“killed”
the
23-year-old
cricketer,
said
the
prosecutor.
However,
the
court,
after
hearing
arguments
from
the
prosecution
and
defence,
granted
bail
to
all
four
accused.

Later,
talking
to
PTI,
Gill
said
she
was
scared
and
thought
she
might
have
to
go
to
jail.
“I’m
thankful
that
the
judge
heard
my
side
and
granted
me
bail,”
she
said.

On
suggestions
that
the
entire
incident
was
“staged”
by
her
for
“achieving
fame”,
Gill
said
in
that
scenario
she
would
have
registered
a
case
and
not
the
cricketer.

“Maybe,
he
(Shaw)
wanted
fame,”
she
added.
The
alleged
incident
took
place
last
Wednesday
outside
a
luxury
hotel
at
Santacruz
in
Mumbai
following
an
argument
with
the
social
media
influencer
and
her
male
friend
after
the
cricketer
refused
to
click
selfies
with
her.

Gill,
along
with
her
friend
Thakur
and
six
others,
was
booked
on
relevant
charges
under
the
IPC
and
four
of
them
were
arrested
by
the
police.

(With
PTI
inputs)