Court rejects Ahmedabad-based Tennis player Madhwin Kamath’s bail in defamation case

Updated: May 22nd, 2024


In a defamation case involving Ahmedabad-based international tennis player Madhwin Kamath for allegedly taking a woman’s photo from social media and making it public with her phone number on it, the session court has rejected Kamath’s anticipatory bail.

Rejecting the anticipatory bail of Kamath, additional sessions Judge JM Brahmbhatt said, “This case involves crime against a woman and it is a matter of a woman’s dignity and therefore the anticipatory bail of the accused has been rejected.”

He also said that as the investigation is in its sensitive phase, the accused is not eligible for bail.

Opposing the anticipatory bail application of Kamath, the public prosecutor of the city civil and sessions court, Sudhir Brahmbhatt said, “Despite being an international tennis player, the accused has tried to defame the complainant.”

“The accused took a photo of the complainant woman from her Instagram ID and created fake posters with her mobile number mentioned on the posters. The posters also mentioned ‘female escort’ in it and were put up in different locations in a lowly attempt to defame the complainant,” said the public prosecutor.

The public prosecutor revealed in the court that the complainant has been receiving numerous phone calls from unknown numbers on her mobile phone as a result of the accused’s criminal act, and she has had to endure terrible mental and physical suffering and pain. 

As per Brahmbhatt, the accused’s presence at the scene of the crime has also been corroborated by police CCTV footage after the complainant identified Kamath. Furthermore, the motorcycle the accused used during the crime has also been seized. The accused has been on the run since committing the crime.

The cybercrime police have been investigating the reason behind the act.

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Tennis player Madhwin Kamath accused of defamation

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