The court docket, whereas granting Shaw one other alternative to file his response, adjourned the matter to December 16.
The penalty comes after repeated delays on Shaw's half. The classes court docket had earlier sought his reply to Gill's prison revision petition difficult a Justice of the Peace's refusal to direct police to file an FIR towards him. Regardless of a remaining warning on the earlier listening to, no response was filed.
“Nonetheless, another probability is granted for a price of Rs 100,” the presiding decide noticed.
Background of the case
The case stems from an incident at a Mumbai pub in February 2023. Police stories state that Gill's buddy, Shobit Thakur, had pressed Shaw for selfies late at evening, sparking an altercation. Issues escalated outdoors the venue, with allegations that Thakur was assaulted with a baseball bat whereas Shaw left the scene unhurt.
Police later accused Gill and 5 others of chasing Shaw's buddy Ashish Yadav and demanding ₹50,000, resulting in her arrest. She was granted bail shortly after. Gill, nonetheless, introduced a distinct model. She alleged that Shaw and Yadav had invited her and Thakur to their VIP desk, and that when her buddy requested for selfies, Shaw and Yadav assaulted him. She additional claimed that when she intervened, Shaw bodily and sexually assaulted her. Following these accusations, Gill moved the Andheri Justice of the Peace court docket in search of an FIR towards Shaw. The Justice of the Peace as an alternative directed a police inquiry. Dissatisfied, Gill escalated the matter to the classes court docket in April 2024, submitting a prison revision petition that's nonetheless into consideration.
Advocate Ali Kaashif Khan, representing Gill, criticized Shaw's repeated non-compliance with court docket directives. “This has been his common method of dealing with the case regardless of being summoned a number of instances,” he argued.
For now, Shaw has been given one remaining alternative to current his aspect, with the following listening to set for December 16.
(With TOI inputs)
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