Ruchika Molestation Case

• No evidence to back charges against Rathore: CBI

  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.      The CBI gave a point-by-point rebuttal to al...

• Ruchika Girhotra case: Molestor cop Rathore wants parole to fix tractor

  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 Girhotra in 1990. That verdict came after an incens...

• Wife meets SPS Rathore in Burail jail in Chandigarh

  Abha Rathore, wife of ex-Haryana DGP S P S Rathore, awarded 18-month prison term recently by a court in the Ruchika Girhotra molestation case, on Saturday met him in the high-security Burail jail in Chandigarh.Abha, who appeared as a counsel for the former top cop, spent nearly an hour with him in the prison, a jail official said.  She met her...

• Ruchika case: A few more days in jail for Rathore

  Ruchika Girhotra's tormentor SPS Rathore, who was sentenced to a year and half year in jail, has appealed for suspension of the sentence.

• Will Rathore apply for bail?

  A disgraced former Haryana top cop SPS Rathore spent a night in jail after being sentenced to a year and a half for molesting 14-year-old Ruchika. The court directed the jail superintendent to provide proper medical care to Rathore, as his lawyer and wife, Abha Rathore told the court that he was a heart patient and required care. She is expected to...

• Ruchika case: Rathore gets enhanced sentence, arrested, to go to jail

  A court in Chandigarh today enhanced former Haryana top cop SPS Rathore's sentence to one-and-a-half years for molesting teenager Ruchika Girhotra 20 years ago. Rathore has been taken into custody and will go to jail.Rathore, a former Director General of Police, had challenged the six-month sentence awarded to him by a CBI court in December last fo...

• Ruchika case: Verdict on SPS Rathore's plea today

  A sessions court in Chandigarh will pronounce its verdict today on the plea of former Haryana DGP SPS Rathore challenging the six-month sentence awarded to him by a CBI court for molesting Ruchika Girhotra. (See: Ruchika's story in pics)Ruchika's family and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) have also filed petitions seeking enhancement of t...

• Ruchika case: Verdict on Rathore's plea deferred till May 25

  Verdict on the plea of SPS Rathore in the Ruchika Girhotra molestation case has been postponed till May 25. The disgraced former Haryana DGP had appealed against a six-month sentence.  "This is nothing unusual. This has been a long drawn out case and these things happen," Ruchika's father S C Girhotra said.The verdict was to have been delivere...

• Ruchika case: Verdict on Rathore's plea postponed till May 25

  Verdict on the plea of SPS Rathore in the Ruchika Girhotra molestation case has been postponed till May 25. The disgraced former Haryana DGP had appealed against a six-month sentence. The verdict was to have been delivered today, but the judge needed more time to write the order.  A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) special court had held ...

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  Website in memory of Ruchika Girhotra launched

  A website, justice4ruchika.com has been launched, to create a platform for fighting the menace of child abuse in the memory of Ruchika Girhotra, who committed suicide after she was molested by former Haryana DGP S P S Rathore.

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  Rathore's attacker, Utsav Sharma, granted bail

  A young man, who allegedly inflicted knife injuries on former Haryana DGP SPS Rathore, convicted in the Ruchika molestation case, was on Friday granted bail by a local court.

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  Rathore's bail plea adjourned till March 10

  Teen-molester-cop SPS Rathore's bail plea hearing has been adjourned till March 10.

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  Rathore's attacker a student at top design school

  The student stabbed SPS Rathore, the top cop who molested teenager Ruchika Girhotra, three times on the face outside court on Monday.

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  Different chief ministers rewarded teen molester cop

  From 1990 when he molested a 14-year-old to 2002, when he retired, SPS Rathore rose through the Haryana Police to become its senior-most policeman.