New Delhi: Indian cricket team player Mohammed Shami’s wife on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court against the Calcutta High Court order which had dismissed her plea seeking to lift a stay on the arrest warrant against him issued by a local court.
A Sessions Court in West Bengal had stayed the arrest warrant issued against Shami.
Shami’s wife alleged that he used to demand dowry from her and has been continuously involved in illicit extra-marital sexual affairs with prostitutes, especially during his BCCI tours, in the hotel rooms provided by the BCCI, even till the present day, news agency ANI reported.
According to the petition, an arrest warrant was issued against Shami by the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Alipore, on August 29 2019. The cricketer challenged the order before the Sessions Court, following which, on September 9 2019, there was a stay on his arrest warrant and the entire proceedings of the criminal trial.
Subsequently, Shami’s wife moved to the High Court of Calcutta but failed to get any order in her favour. She then moved the Supreme Court against the Calcutta High Court order of March 28, 2023.
She said that the impugned order is manifestly erroneous in law, which is in blatant violation of her right to a speedy trial. Shami’s wife in a plea before the Supreme Court raised concerns that there shall not be any special treatment for celebrities under the law. Notably, from the last 4 years, the trial has not progressed and has remained stayed, she was quoted as saying.
