Kolkata Police authorities have completed investigation of charges filed against Indian pacer Mohammed Shami by his wife Hasin Jahan, and will soon submit chargesheet in court under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code against the cricketer.
In March this year, Hasin Jahan – married to Shami – had filed a case against him under various sections including attempt to murder and subjecting a woman to cruelty. Other sections included punishment for rape against Shami along with four others who were booked under sections 323 (causing hurt) and 506 (criminal intimidation).
She filed a complaint with Jadavpur police station, after going public that Shami had affairs with other women. She posted screenshots – of what she claimed was her husband’s phone – on her Facebook page. She also said that Shami and his family members had tried to kill her.
Hasin Jahan and Mohd Shami got married in 2012 and have a four year old daughter.
After the complaint was filed with Jadavpur police station, it was taken up subsequently by the Kolkata Police’s detective department. The city police authorities have been investigating the case for so long, and according to sources, a chargesheet will soon be filed against the Indian pacer under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code.
According to Section 498A (Husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty) — “Whoever, being the husband or the relative of the husband of a woman, subjects such woman to cruelty shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years and shall also be liable to fine.”
Under this section, “cruelty” means – “(a) any wilful conduct which is of such a nature as is likely to drive the woman to commit suicide or to cause grave injury or danger to life, limb or health (whether mental or physical) of the woman; or
(b) harassment of the woman where such harassment is with a view to coercing her or any person related to her to meet any unlawful demand for any property or valuable security or is on account of failure by her or any person related to her to meet such demand.
Over the past few months, Kolkata Police authorities sent a team to Shami’s Uttar Pradesh home where his family members were interrogated in this connection. The cricketer too has appeared several times at Lalbazar for interrogation.
The IPC 498A is a non-bailable section where punishment can be upto three years of imprisonment and/or fine. According to police, the other sections are still being investigated. Evidences under the other sections are not so strong, said sources. However, there is strong evidence in the section of subjecting a woman under cruelty and therefore the chargesheet is being filed under this section.
