According to sources a district court on Monday stayed an arrest warrant against Indian pacer Mohammed Shami in connection with a case of alleged domestic violence filed by his estranged wife Hasin Jahan. Meanwhile District and Sessions Judge Rai Chattopadhyay stayed the warrant issued against Shami by the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM) on September 2.
Furthermore Shami had challenged the ACJM order in the District and Sessions Court and Shami's counsel Sheikh Salim Rahaman said that it was pleaded before Judge Chattopadhyay that after filing of charge sheet in a case, the magistrate has to issue summons against the accused. Apparently Rahaman claimed that failing to appear before a court on summons may invite a warrant being issued by the magistrate.
Moreover he claimed that the ACJM had instead of issuing the summons, issued a warrant of arrest against Shami. Perhaps the ACJM had issued the arrest warrant against cricketer Shami, saying he should surrender within 15 days of returning to the country and apparently Shami was on the West Indies tour with the Indian cricket team when the warrant was issued.
