A Mumbai court on Monday granted bail to influencer Sapna Gill and three others for allegedly manhandling Indian cricketer Prithvi Shaw and attacking his car last week. Gill's advocate Kaashif Ali Khan told ANI that they would file a complaint against Prithvi Shaw under sections 354, 509, 351, 324, 323 and others.
"The police asked for three 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," ANI quoted Khan as saying.
Earlier in the day, the court sent Gill, her friend Shobhit Thakur and two others -- Rudra Solanki and Sahil Singh Singh, to 14-day judicial custody. The accused then filed bail applications before the court.
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After hearing arguments of both the sides, metropolitan magistrate, Andheri court, CP Kashid, granted bail to all the accused, who were arrested last week.
In her application, Gill claimed the FIR against her was 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," Gill said in her bail plea, PTI reported.
Mumbai Police, represented by public prosecutor Atia Sheikh, opposed the bail applications, saying investigation in the case was not completed yet.
Sheikh told the court that 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.
Last week, a brawl broke out outside a luxury hotel at Santacruz in Mumbai after Shaw refused to click selfies with the social media influencer and her male friend. According to the ABP News sources, the incident took place at the Mansion Club of Sahara Star Hotel.
After Shaw declined their selfie request, the duo allegedly misbehaved with him and attempted to assault him with a baseball bat, while another accused hit his car and shattered the windshield.
On the other hand, Sapna Gill has claimed that Shaw assaulted them first. Gill has acted in many Bhojpuri films with stars such as Ravi Kishan and Dinesh Lal Yadav.
Gill, along with her friend Thakur and six others, was booked under Indian Penal Code sections 143 (unlawful assembly), 148 (rioting), 387 (putting a person in fear of death or of grievous hurt in order to commit extortion) and 506 (criminal intimidation).