Mohammed Shami’s estranged wife Hasin Jahan moves to Supreme Court for arrest warrant against him

A Bengal sessions court had stayed the arrest warrant issued against Mohammed Shami

Indian cricket team player Mohammed Shami, Hasin Jahan, on Tuesday, May 2, 2023, moved to the Supreme Court to remove a stay order given by a sessions court on the stay arrest of the cricketer.

The Indian Cricket Team player Mohammed Shami's wife has challenged the Calcutta High Court order dated March 28 2023 whereby her prayer for quashing the order of Session Court was dismissed. The Calcutta High Court had ordered the dismissal of her plea seeking to lift a stay on the arrest warrant by a local court.

Hasin Jahan moved to the Supreme Court via her counsels Deepak Prakash, Advocate-on-Record, Nachiketa Vajpayee, and Divyangna Malik Vajpayee, Advocate, alleging that Shami used to demand dowry from her and that he has been continuously involved in illicit extra-marital sexual affairs with prostitutes, especially when on tour with the Indian team, in the hotel rooms provided by the BCCI, even till the present day.

According to the petition, an arrest warrant was issued against Shami by the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Alipore, on August 29, 2019.

This led to Shami challenging the order before the Sessions Court, which, on September 9 2019, stayed the arrest warrant and the entire proceedings of the criminal trial. Then Hasin Jahan moved to Calcutta High Court but failed to get any order in her favor.

Hasin Jahan argues that the case has been stagnant for the last 4 years and there should not be any special treatment for celebrities

She moved to the Supreme Court against the Calcutta High Court order dated March 28, 2023. And in her appeal, has said that the impugned order is manifestly erroneous in law, which is in blatant violation of her right to a speedy trial.

She also pleaded before the Supreme Court that the case has not progressed for the last 4 years and there shouldn’t be any special treatment for celebrities.

"Criminal Trial in the present case has been stayed for the past 4 years, without any just circumstances, in a case wherein Respondent No. 3 did not even pray for the stay of criminal trial and his sole grievance was only against the issuance of Arrest warrants against them, thus, the Sessions Court acted in an erroneous and biased manner, by virtue of which the rights and interests of the Petitioner have been severally jeopardized and prejudiced," the petitioner said as per ANI.

"That such stay has been granted in favour of the accused person is bad in law and has caused a grave prejudice who has been a victim of the illegal act of brutal assault and violence against the petitioner herein by this high profile accused in favour of whom the District and Sessions court, Alipore, as well as High Court at Calcutta, vide impugned order has granted a one-sided undue advantage in favour of the accused which is not only bad in law but is also against the principle of Natural Justice," the petitioner said.

Mohammed Shami is currently playing in the IPL 2023 for the Gujarat Titans team.