US woman, fiance move Delhi HC for nixing case against Aus cricketer

New Delhi, May 24 (PTI) US citizen Zohal Hamid today moved the Delhi High Court jointly along with her fiance Sahil Peerzada and Australian cricketer Luke Pomersbach for quashing of the criminal case, lodged against the cricketer for molesting her and hitting her fiance. The three made the plea jointly, terming as "unfortunate" the incident leading to registration of the complaint and saying that they have amicably settled their disputes and "wish to end it." Australian cricketer Pomersbach, playing for Rthe oyal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) team in India's IPL limited overs league cricket tournament, was arrested on May 18 after Hamid alleged that he had molested her in a five-star hotel here an and beat up her her fiance. "All petitioner are of young age and have a long life ahead of them. They don't want to wish to blemish each other and wish to end this unfortunate episode of their lives respectively" said petition filed jointly by Hamid, Pomersbach and Sahil for quashing of the FIR. Claiming that they have reached a settlement amicably without any pressure or financial consideration, the petition said, "The petitioners have reached settlement as per settlement deed dated 23 May 2012, whereby inter se disputes between the parties have been amicably settled without any pressure, coercion or undue influence." The trio said on the advise of their friends and relatives, they mutually decided to end all their disputes. The petition is likely to come up for hearing tomorrow. PTI