Court withdraws non-bailable warrant against Dhoni
The non-bailable warrant issued against Mahendra Singh Dhoni for hurting religious sentiments was withdrawn by the local court in Anantapur in Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday.
Indian ODI captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni had drawn a lot of flak for appearing as Lord Vishnu in an advertisement published on the cover of Business Today, back in 2013. Based on a complaint by VHP leader Shyam Sunder, the court in Anantapur had issued a non-bailable warrant against the captain on January 7.
“The court that had issued a non-bailable warrant against cricketer MS Dhoni under the pretext of posing as Lord Vishnu on the cover page of Business Today magazine has on Tuesday recalled the issued warrant,” stated a media release issued by Dhoni’s management firm Rhiti Sports.
“Our legal team led by Mr Rajneesh Chopra today moved an application before the local court in Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh, thereby seeking cancellation of the non-bailable warrant as issued against the cricketer by the local court vide its order dated 07.01.2016”
“In today’s hearing, the main ground of challenge posed by Mr Rajneesh Chopra (Dhoni’s lawyer) to the issuance of the nonbailable warrant was that MS Dhoni in person was never served by the summons as issued by the court. Due to this reason, Mr Dhoni and our legal team were unaware of the fact that they were required to appear in the local court at Ananthpur on 07.01.2016,” the company claimed in its statement.
“It was further informed to the Court by Mr Chopra that the
“The Ld Trial Court found merit in the arguments of Mr Chopra and was pleased to recall the order of issuance of the non-bailable warrant as passed against Mr Dhoni,” the release further stated.
In a separate incident in 2013, Bangalore-based RTI activist Jayakumar Hiremath also had filed a case against Dhoni and five editors of the magazine for “hurting the sentiments of the Hindu community”. The case was registered under section 295 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code.
The further proceedings of the case are next listed for February 25.
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