A Panchkula local court has deferred till Friday afternoon the pronouncement of verdict on the anticipatory bail plea of former Haryana DGP SPS Rathore in the two fresh FIRs filed against him in connection with the Ruchika molestation case.<br/><br/>Additional District and Sessions Judge Sanjiv Jindal had on Thursday reserved his verdict till Friday after hearing the arguments of 67-year old Rathore's lawyer-wife Abha, Ruchika Girhotra's family lawyer Pankaj Bhardwaj, accused ASI Sewa Singh's counsel Ajay Jain and the Public Prosecutor.<br/><br/>Besides Rathore, ASI Sewa Singh, who had investigated the auto theft case relating to Ruchika's brother Ashu, has also sought anticipatory bail in the two fresh FIRs registered on the complaints of Ruchika's father Subhash Chander Girhotra and Ashu for various offences including attempt to murder, wrongful confinement and forging a document.<br/><br/>Abha has sought anticipatory bail in the two cases registered on December 29, saying the abetment to suicide charges under 306 IPC made out in the third FIR registered on January 5 has already been settled at the level of the Supreme Court.<br/>
News On AIR | January 8, 2010 11:36 AM
Court defers verdict on Rathore's bail plea till afternoon