Luke Pomersbach, the Royal Challengers Bangalore player, who was arrested and later got bail on Friday in charge of molestation of an American woman, will again appear in a Delhi court today.
|Last Updated: May 19, 2012, 09:37 AM IST|Source: Bureau
Zeenews Sports Bureau
New Delhi: Luke Pomersbach, the Royal Challengers Bangalore player, who was arrested and later got bail on Friday in charge of molestation of an American woman, will again appear in a Delhi court today.
The court will decide whether the Australian player will get a bail or should be in police custody.
Australian cricketer, arrested on charges of molesting an American woman in a hotel last night, was yesterday granted interim bail for a day by a Delhi court.
There was drama during the 30-minute proceedings, when the 27-year-old batsman, playing for Royal Challengers, Bangalore, in the IPL, complained of uneasiness and fainted while the victim broke down when she narrated the incident.
Policemen took him outside the court room and gave him water after which he regained composure to come back to the court room made stuffy by the crowd of lawyers, journalists and onlookers.
Pomersbach, who has had a history of brawls and brush with police in his country, and accused of outraging the modesty of a woman here last night after a post-match party, was granted relief by Metropolitan Magistrate Navita Kumari Bagha till tomorrow.
The Magistrate directed the Delhi Police to bring the CCTV footage from the hotel tomorrow along with the medical records showing the nature of injury caused to the woman`s fiance Sahil, who is admitted in ICU in a private hospital here after being allegedly beaten by Pomersbach.
"The accused is granted interim bail till tomorrow," the magistrate said.
"Bring the CCTV footage of the hotel and the doctors opinion about the nature of the injuries sustained by him (the woman`s fiancee Sahil)," the court said.
During the hearing, the court asked the Delhi police as to why they had not secured the CCTV footage of the hotel.
Delhi Police had sought that the court should sent the cricketer into judicial custody.
The woman narrated the sequence of the event saying that she was with her fiance and Pomersbach forcibly entered their room in the hotel to have drinks and molested her.
"Sahil only told him `please leave the room` and he (Pomersbach) turned and started assaulting him and punched him (Sahil) several times on his face," she said.
Delhi Police submitted that Pomersbach misbehaved with the woman and assaulted Sahil, who received injury.
The woman told the court that despite being beaten severely the case has been registered under section 323 of the IPC for simple hurt.
"The injuries are grievous and the police have charged him just under Section 323 of the IPC.. Sahil was beaten so badly that he is in the ICU," the woman told the court.
Advocate Neeraj Chaudhary, who appeared for Pomersbach, vehemently opposed the police version and said that Sahil has not not been admitted to the ICU and Pomersbach was instead beaten up by him.
"Pomersbach was beaten up by Sahil in the room. There was no previous rivalry between them. They (Sahil and the woman) had invited Pomersbach to their room," the counsel said adding that his client was not carrying any arms with him.
On this, the woman said, "for molestation, you do not need a pistol or any other arms."
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