Rathore granted interim bail till Jan 7

Panchkula, Jan 1 (PTI) Former Haryana DGP SPS Rathore,
against whom fresh cases involving serious charges have been
registered, was Friday granted interim bail till January 7 by
a local sessions court hearing the Ruchika molestation case.
The order was passed by District and Sessions Judge
S P Singh after hearing Abha Rathore, the lawyer-wife of
67-year-old Rathore, and Pankaj Bharadwaj, counsel for the
family of Ruchika Girhotra, who committed suicide after being
molested by the former Indian Police Service (IPS) officer.
While issuing notice to the state for January 6, the
Judge observed, "If the petitioner (Rathore) is arrested
during this period, he will be released on interim bail".
The cases will come up for hearing on January 7.
Arguing for Rathore's anticipatory bail, Abha
countered the charges of slapping false cases against
Ruchika's brother, attempting to murder him and doctoring the
post-mortem report of the girl.
The FIRs were registered after Ruchika's father
Subhash Chander Girhotra and brother Ashu filed two
complaints.
Rathore was sentenced to six months imprisonment and a
fine of Rs 1000 by the trial court on December 21 for
molesting Ruchika who later committed suicide following
alleged harassment by him. MORE PTI