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Panchkula (Haryana), Dec 30 (IANS) Facing the possibility of imminent arrest, former Haryana top cop S.P.S. Rathore, convicted for molesting teenager Ruchika Girhotra, Wednesday came out of home for the first time after public outrage over the case.
Carrying a file in his hands, Rathore reached the Panchkula court flanked by his wife, who is also his lawyer. With two fresh FIRs (First Information Report) registered against him, including for attempt to murder and wrongful confinement, he is expected to seek anticipatory bail.

In contrast to his image on the day of conviction last week, when he walked out on bail smiling, Rathore kept a straight face and avoided answering the barrage of questions thrown at him and his wife by waiting reporters. They just kept a straight face.

In first appearance since the public outcry over the quantum of sentence for molesting Ruchika, the former Haryana director general of police wore light green jacket over a sky blue shirt and a navy blue tie.

The government has now ordered a fresh probe into thje molestation case and may also charge Rathore with abetment to suicide. Ruchika, a budding tennis player, killed herself three years after the molestation incident, as Rathore allegedly kept hounding her and her family, including the slapping of false criminal cases against her brother.

Rathore’s six-month jail sentence for molestation and the Rs.1,000 fine came 19 years after the incident.