The Bombay High Court refused to dismiss the FIR against influencer Sapna Gill regarding a dispute with cricketer Prithvi Shaw over a selfie. The Bombay high court on Thursday expressed its disinclination to quash the First Information Report (FIR) registered against social media influencer Sapna Gill in connection to a dispute involving cricketer Prithvi Shaw over a selfie at a restaurant.
The incident escalated into an attack on Shaw’s car, subsequently resulting in threats of extortion. The court advised Gill to approach the trial court for discharge if it files the chargesheet before the next hearing.
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Influencer and Associates Accused of Threats
The incidents dated back to February 15, 2023, when Sapna Gill’s friend, Shobit Thakur, repeatedly approached Shaw with selfie requests at 1am, while he was having dinner at Sahara Star, Mansion Club, with his friend Ashish Surendra Yadav. Initially Shaw obliged, but later, refused to entertain the repeated requests, prompting the management of the club to expel Thakur from the premises.
Later that night, Thakur allegedly attacked Shaw’s car with a baseball bat, when he was trying to leave the club. Shaw managed to leave the venue, but Thakur and his group allegedly confronted his friend, Yadav. Yadav reached Oshiwara Police Station, after Thakur along with five unidentified men and a woman chased and dashed his car. The woman, allegedly Sapna Gill, threatened Yadav in her attempt to extort ₹50,000 from him.
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On the other hand, Gill presented a starkly different version of the story. She claimed that Shaw and his friend invited Gill and Thakur to their VIP table at the club, where the cricketer participated in an “alcohol-fueled party.”Following Thakur’s selfie request, an altercation broke out, leading to the cricketer and his friend mercilessly assaulting him. When Gill intervened to save her friend, Shaw allegedly sexually and physically assaulted her.
Shaw’s friend Yadav filed an FIR against Gill at the Oshiwara Police Station, which resulted in her arrest on February 17, 2023. Soon after her bail on February 20, 2023, the 24-year-old filed a counter complaint against the cricketer and his friend for “assaulting, molesting and outraging her modesty”.