Former Haryana DGP gets jail for molesting minor
December 21st, 2009 - 6:09 pm ICT by IANS ( Leave a comment )Chandigarh, Dec 21 (IANS) Former Haryana director general of police (DGP) S.P.S. Rathore was Monday sentenced to six months in prison in a 1990 case of molesting 14-year-old budding tennis player Ruchika Girotra who committed suicide three years later.
Rathore was allowed bail by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court special judge J.S. Sidhu immediately after his sentencing.
The former DGP can now appeal before a higher court against the CBI court order.
“The sentence is very less even though we are happy that he (Rathore) has been found guilty and sentenced by the court,” said retired Haryana government official Anand Prakash, whose daughter was the lone eyewitness to the August 1990 molestation of the teen in Haryana’s Panchkula town, 10 km from here.
Girotra committed suicide three years after the incident in 1993.
- After 19 years, former Haryana top cop jailed for molesting minor (Lead) - Dec 21, 2009
- Apex court grants bail to Rathore in molestation case (Lead) - Nov 11, 2010
- DGP sentenced for molestation: Karat calls for fast track justice - Dec 22, 2009
- Complainant opposes Rathore's bail, seeks judicial probe - Nov 11, 2010
- Ruchika molestation case: Supreme Court grants bail to former Haryana DGP Rathore - Nov 11, 2010
- Ruchika case: Punjab and Haryana High Court seeks details of Rathore's promotion - Nov 17, 2010
- Ruchika case: Apex court grants bail to Rathore (Second Lead) - Nov 11, 2010
- Court defers Ruchika case judgment till May 25 (Lead) - May 20, 2010
- Ruchika molestation case: Supreme Court to hear Rathore's plea - Oct 01, 2010
- Molester cop Rathore's jail term enhanced to 18 months - May 25, 2010
- Ruchika case: No evidence to support allegations against Rathore, says CBI - Nov 10, 2010
- Ruchika's family, supporters elated over Rathore's arrest - May 25, 2010
- Prakash family hails withdrawal of Rathore's medal - Jan 04, 2010
- Ruchika case: Supreme Court grants bail to Rathore (Night Lead) - Nov 11, 2010
- Ruchika molestation case: Signature campaign launched - Dec 28, 2009
Tags: anand prakash, cbi court, central bureau of investigation, chandigarh, committed suicide, dgp, director general, government official, haryana, molestation, panchkula, rathore, ruchika, six months, special judge, tennis player
