A trial court here on Saturday granted bail to Australian cricketer Luke Pomersbach, accused of molesting an American woman, after holding that CCTV footage showed that he did not forcefully enter her room at a city hotel where the alleged incident took place.
The court directed Royal Challengers Bangalore player not to approach the complainant woman while asking him to surrender his passport and not leave the country without its permission.
Pomersbach was granted bail on a personal bond of `30,000 along with two sureties of the same amount. After watching the CCTV footage, metropolitan magistrate N.K. Bagha said, “No offence under IPC Section 452 is made out against him.”
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U.S. woman seeks apology from mallya jr
Age Correspondent
New Delhi, May 19
The American woman allegedly molested by an Australian cricketer on Saturday served a legal notice on Mr Sidhartha Mallya, director of IPL team Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), for allegedly casting aspersions on her character.
The woman has asked him to apologise to her within 48 hours or face legal action. She has also approached the Delhi Commission for Women complaining about Sidhartha Mallya’s microblogs on Twitter after the arrest of Luke Pomersbach on charges of molesting her and attacking her fiancé at a five-star hotel late Friday night.
“I am really hurt, I am disappointed. It is a false statement. My attorneys are taking action against him,” the complainant woman told reporters.
Sidhartha Mallya had said in his tweet: “She was all over me last night (Thursday) and asked for my bbm (blackberry messenger) pin.”
The woman said she went to the IPL party with her fiance, an invitee. “I did meet (Sidhartha) Mallya. My fiance was with me,” she said.