Published: Jan 29, 2016, 12:24 PM (IST)
Edited: Jan 29, 2016, 12:26 PM (IST)
Indian One-Day International skipper MS Dhoni will feel a sigh of relief for the moment after the country’s apex judiciary the Supreme Court gave a stay order on the criminal proceeding case against him in a court in Andhra Pradesh. Dhoni has been booked under Indian Penal Code (IPC) section 295 and 34, which amounts to Dhoni had moved to the Supreme Court over the controversy where he was portrayed as Lord Vishnu on their picture on the cover page. Dhoni also filed a Special Leave Petition (SLP) against Karnataka High Court after the High Court refused to remove criminal proceedings against him at Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) court in Bengaluru. Live Cricket Scorecard: India vs Australia 2015-16, 2nd T20I at Melbourne.
Leg up for @msdhoni as #SupremeCourt stays criminal proceeding against him in an Andhra Pradesh court wrt his magazine picture as #GodVishnu
— Ashpreet Sethi (@AshpreetSethi) January 29, 2016
Earlier, a non-bailable warrant was issued against India ODI captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni in a case of hurting religious sentiments was withdrawn by a local court in Anantapur in Andhra Pradesh. “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 today recalled the issued warrant,” stated a media release issued by Dhoni’s management firm Rhiti Sports. The non-bailable warrant was issued against Dhoni for non-appearance before the court on January 7.
The case was listed for further proceedings on February 25. The star cricketer got in troubled waters in 2013 for appearing in an advertisement on the cover of Business Today as Lord Vishnu holding a number of objects. The ad prompted social activist Jayakumar Hiremath to file a case to register a complaint against him, with a case being registered against him under section 295 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
(Inputs from PTI)
