Cricketer Shami's wife moves Supreme Court seeking arrest warrant against him

Indian cricketer Mohammad Shami's wife has challenged the Calcutta High Court order dated March 28 this year whereby her prayer for quashing the order of Session Court in a case against her husband was dismissed.

Indian cricketer Mohammad Shami's wife has challenged the Calcutta High Court order dated March 28 this year whereby her prayer for quashing the order of Session Court in a case against her husband was dismissed.

A Sessions Court in West Bengal had stayed the arrest warrant issued against Shami.

The wife of current Indian Cricket Team player Mohammad Shami has moved the Supreme Court through 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 during his BCCI tours, 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. Mohammad Shami challenged the said order before the Sessions Court, which, on September 9, 2019, stayed the arrest warrant and the entire proceedings of the criminal trial.

Consequently, Shami's wife moved to the High Court of Calcutta but failed to get any order in her favour. She moved to the Supreme Court against the Calcutta High Court order dated March 28, 2023.