Court quashes case against Poonam Pandey

Bollywood actor Poonam Pandey, gets relief as a local court in Bengaluru quashed a case pending for the last two years against her. Bengaluru-based S. Umesh had filed a private complaint accusing Poonam of hurting religious sentiments by posing semi-nude holding a photograph of Lord Vishnu with the face of Sachin Tendulkar in 2012 for an advertisement. On the basis of the complaint, Pandey was booked under Section 295A (deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs) of the IPC.