Ruchika Girhotra case: Anand Prakash challenges CBI closure report
Edited by Janaki Fernandes | Wednesday January 30, 2013
A special CBI court in Chandigarh has today directed the lower court to hear afresh an earlier appeal filed by family friend Anand Prakash in the Ruchika Girhotra case.
Ruchika Girhotra case: Family moves court against CBI's closure report
Edited by Sabyasachi Dasgupta | Friday August 31, 2012
The family of Ruchika Girhotra has moved a special CBI court today challenging the closure reports filed by the investigating agency. The report had given clean chit to accused SPS Rathore, Haryana's former Director General of Police, in cases relate...
Teen molestor cop Rathore will get pension for now, says court
Vikram Chowdhary | Thursday August 9, 2012
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has restored the pension of former Haryana DGP SPS Rathore, the man convicted for molesting Ruchika Girhotra. The court, however said this restoration would be be provisional and subject to the outcome of the appeal ...
Ruchika Girhotra's family withdraws torture charges against former Haryana top cop SPS Rathore
NDTV Correspondent | Saturday June 2, 2012
Ruchika Girhotra's family has reportedly withdrawn charges against former Deputy General of Police (DGP) of Haryana SPS Rathore. They have told the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) that they have no objection to closing of the case. The CBI had ...
Molester cop's wife buys VIP number plate for over Rs 9 lakhs
NDTV Correspondent | Wednesday April 25, 2012
Former Deputy General of Police (DGP) of Haryana, SPS Rathore, who was found guilty of molesting teenager Ruchika Girhotra in 1990, is back in the limelight; this time for his lavish lifestyle. Mr Rathore now owns new Mercedes with number plate 0001.
Ruchika Girhotra's family outraged after molester cop's pension restored
NDTV Correspondent | Saturday December 17, 2011
In a development that has evoked shock and anger, the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) has restored the pension of former Director General of Police (DGP) of Haryana, SPS Rathore, who was convicted last year for molesting teenager Ruchika Girhot...
Chandigarh: Candle light vigil to mark Ruchika's death anniversary
Press Trust of India | Wednesday December 29, 2010
A candle light march was held on Wednesday evening at Panchkula near Chandigarh to mark the 17th death anniversary of Ruchika Girhotra, who committed suicide three years after her molestation by former Haryana DGP SPS Rathore. Her family had vowing to continue its fight for justice.Among those who p...
Ruchika case: Did the CBI ignore facts?
NDTV Correspondent | Tuesday December 21, 2010
Has the CBI neglected basic facts in closing the case against SPS Rathore, the former Haryana top cop, accused in the molestation and suicide of the teenager Ruchika Girhotra? Despite the CBI's assertion that the Ruchika's brother Ashu's case was closed for want of what it calls credible evidence, a...
Teen molester cop SPS Rathore leaves jail
Vikram Chowdhary | Friday November 12, 2010
SPS Rathore walked out of a prison neat Chandigarh with a smile on his face - provoking comparisons to December, when he smiled as he left a court after being convicted for molesting a 14-year-old named Ruchika Girhotra.Rathore was accompanied by his wife, Abha, who is a lawyer and defended him in c...
Ruchika case: SPS Rathore gets bail from Supreme Court
NDTV Correspondent | Thursday November 11, 2010
The man who was found guilty of molesting a teenager when he was one of Haryana's senior-most policemen has been granted bail by the Supreme Court. The court has, however, asked Rathore not to leave the country.SPS Rathore has been in a Haryana prison since May this year.In December 2009, he was fou...
Ruchika case: SPS Rathore gets bail from Supreme Court
NDTV Correspondent | Thursday November 11, 2010
The man who was found guilty of molesting a teenager when he was one of Haryana's senior-most policemen has been granted bail by the Supreme Court. The court has, however, asked Rathore not to leave the country. SPS Rathore has been in a Haryana prison since May this year.In December 2009, he was fo...
No evidence to back charges against Rathore: CBI
Press Trust of India | Wednesday November 10, 2010
The CBI today said it had found no evidence to support the allegations made by Ruchika Girhotra's family against former Haryana Police Chief SPS Rathore, at present serving 18-month jail sentence for molesting the teenager in 1990, and filed a closure report in a court here.???? ...
Ruchika Girhotra case: Molestor cop Rathore wants parole to fix tractor
NDTV Correspondent | Friday October 15, 2010
After four months in prison, SPS Rathore is desperate to get out. And he may soon be granted a 42-day parole he's asked for, ostensibly to attend to his farmland. In May this year, Rathore, who retired as Haryana's senior-most policeman, was sentenced to 18 months for molesting 14-year-old Ruchika G...
Ruchika case: Supreme Court issues notice to CBI
Press Trust of India | Friday October 1, 2010
The Supreme Court on Friday sought a response from the Central Bureau of Investigation(CBI) on the appeal filed by former Haryana Director General of Police SPS Rathore challenging his conviction and 18-month sentence in Ruchika Girhotra molestation case.A bench of Justices P Sathasivam and B S Chau...
Ruchika case: High Court rejects SPS Rathore's bail plea
NDTV Correspondent | Wednesday September 1, 2010
The man who was once Haryana's senior-most policeman will stay in jail for molesting a teenager named Ruchika Girhotra.The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed SPS Rathore's plea? challenging the 18-month jail sentence given to him by a lower court in May this year.Rathore, 68, is curren...
