January 11, 2010 5:53 PM

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DGP S P S Rathore moves Punjab & Haryana HC

Former Haryana DGP SPS Rathore today moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court challenging a sessions court order denying him anticipatory bail in two fresh FIRs involving serious criminal charges against him in the Ruchika Girhotra molestation case. Justice Sabina listed 67-year-old Rathore's petition for hearing tomorrow without giving him any immediate cover against his possible arrest. The judge had earlier said in court that the matter will be taken up on Wednesday, but posted it for tomorrow after Rathore's lawyer-wife Abha pleaded for an early hearing.<br/><br/>The two fresh FIRs accuse Rathore of committing serious offences including attempt to murder, wrongful confinement, giving false evidence and doctoring the post-mortem report of the girl, who committed suicide 3 years after being molested by the former IPS officer on 12th of August, 1990. Earlier, arguing Rathore's case, Abha alleged in the court that the cases had been registered under media pressure against her husband. She pleaded that the former DGP be granted anticipatory bail as he had undergone a heart surgery in 2007 and had also given the assurance that he would join the investigation. The judge, however, did not pass any order on her submissions.<br/>

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