If you want to witness how biased women centric laws look like, welcome to India! Last week, 23-year-old Indian cricketer Prithvi Shaw was in the news after his video outside a Mumbai hotel went viral.
In the video, Shaw who stepped out of the hotel after dinner, was trying to rescue himself from a social media influencer named Sapna Gill and her male friend Shobit Thakur. According to Prithvi, Sapna and Thakur were pushing him for several selfies which he refused, post which the duo smashed his car and also blackmailed him for money.
Shaw along with his friend Ashish Yadav had subsequently filed an FIR against Sapna and eight others, post which they were arrested by Mumbai police on February 17.
Lets Watch Video First
#PrithviShaw Controversy
🔹️Cricketer filed FIR against influencer #SapnaGill, accusing her of damaging his car, demanding Rs 50k – after he refused selfie
🔹️Gill's lawyer claims FIR is false & is now demanding counter FIR against Shaw u/s 354, 509, 323 IPC#VoiceForMen pic.twitter.com/dDFtr1b2nv
— Voice For Men India (@voiceformenind) February 16, 2023
Sapna Gill Granted Bail
Within three days, accused Sapna Gill walked out on bail – proudly along with her lawyer Kaashif Ali Khan, claiming some sort of victory. Watch video at the end of this article.
Soon after coming out on bail, Sapna filed a counter complaint with Mumbai Airport Police Station against Shaw and Yadav, alleging that it was the cricketer and his friends who provoked them first.
Police Complaint Filed by Sapna Gill
The influencer’s complaint has been registered under:
- Section 34 (criminal act with common intention)
- Section 120B (criminal conspiracy)
- Section 146 (rioting)
- Section 148 (rioting with armed weapons)
- Section 149 (unlawful assembly offence committed in prosecution)
- Section 323 (voluntarily causing hurt)
- Section 324 (voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons)
- Section 351 (use of criminal force)
- Section 354 (outrage of modesty)
- Section 509 (advantage of proximity, gesture to outrage modesty)
…of the IPC.
Allegations by Influencer
In her complaint, Sapna Gill alleged that she had gone to a club on February 15 when she and her friends had seen the cricketer in an allegedly inebriated condition. Her complaint stated that her friend named Shobhit Thakur approached Shaw for a selfie. Shaw allegedly met Thakur with “instant hostility” and he even “forcefully took her friend’s phone and damaged it by throwing it violently on the floor”.
Sapna further stated that she is not a big fan of cricket and thus she hardly knew who Shaw was. She claimed to have intervened only when she saw Shaw allegedly “beating up” Thakur and begged them not to assault her friend.
At the time, Shaw allegedly inappropriately touched Sapna Gill and pushed her, as per her allegations. Sapna Gill also claimed that she told the cricketer and his friends that she would register a complaint with the police when Shaw and others “literally begged” her and requested her not to initiate a complaint. It was only because of their plea that she decided to show “mercy” and not register the case at the time, she has said.
Speaking about blackmailing charge in exchange of money, Sapna told India Today,
They are saying that I have asked for Rs 50,000. What is 50,000 these days? I can make two reels and earn that much in a day. At least, the allegation should have been of a certain level.
Sapna said her counter complaint was delayed since she had been arrested earlier. Mumbai Airport Police Station is yet to convert Sapna Gill’s complaint into an FIR.
WATCH VIDEO: SAPNA GILL WALKS OUT ON BAIL WITH LAWYER
#WATCH | #SapnaGill was arrested for allegedly damaging cricketer #PrithviShaw's car, blackmailing him for money when he refused selfies
▪️Sapna walked out on bail, with her lawyer claiming Victory
▪️Sapna plans to file several cases against ShawONLY IN 🇮🇳#PrithviShawSelfie pic.twitter.com/njMIUECE8O
— Voice For Men India (@voiceformenind) February 21, 2023
LEAVE YOUR COMMENTS BELOW:
#WATCH | Out On Bail, #SapnaGill Files Counter Complaint Against #PrithviShaw For Molestation & Outraging Modesty
🔹Complaint filed under Sections:
▪️34
▪️120B
▪️146
▪️148
▪️149
▪️323
▪️324
▪️351
▪️354
▪️509#PrithviShawSelfie#VoiceForMen@PrithviShawhttps://t.co/EKm38bVKsB— Voice For Men India (@voiceformenind) February 21, 2023
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