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Rathore
walks out of jail, smiling
Friday November 12, 2010 07:55:37 PM,
IANS
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Finally,
ex-top cop Rathore gets 18 months jail
Twenty years after he molested teenager Ruchika Girhotra that
allegedly led her to commit suicide, disgraced former Haryana police
chief S.P.S. Rathore was Tuesday sentenced to 18 months in prison
after a judge upheld his conviction but hiked the jail term.
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Chandigarh:
After spending less then six months of his 18-month sentence for
molestation in Burail Jail here, former Haryana police chief S.P.S.
Rathore Friday walked out of the prison, with a smile on his face.
Rathore, who was convicted for molesting teenager Ruchika Girhotra,
was granted bail by the apex court Thursday morning but his
release from the jail was delayed due to official formalities.
Rathore's wife and counsel Abha Rathore submitted a bail bond of
Rs. 100,000 in the court of chief judicial magistrate here Friday.
Rathore was sharing barrack number 10, of Burail Jail, with Baba
Pritpal Singh, who was accused of forgery and cheating.
A jail official said Rathore used to work in the jail library. He
was working everyday for five hours and was earning Rs. 30 per
day.
Earlier Rathore had also applied for parole, saying that he had to
look after his agriculture land in Panchkula district. But his
applications were twice declined by the authorities concerned.
Rathore, 69, who retired as director general of police in Haryana
in 2002, has been convicted of molesting 14-year-old Ruchika and
sentenced to 18 months' rigorous imprisonment by a district and
sessions court of Chandigarh May 25 this year. The teen committed
suicide in 1993 due to the harassment.
Having failed to gather any concrete proof against Rathore, the
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Nov 10 submitted a closure
report before a court in Ambala, 45 km from here, on the two FIRs
that were registered against Rathore Dec 29 last year on the
complaint of Ruchika's father and brother.
He was booked on non-bailable charges like attempt to murder,
criminal intimidation, forging evidence, wrongful confinement,
fabricating false evidence, custodial torture and criminal
conspiracy.
However, a third case in which Rathore was booked for abetting
Ruchika to commit suicide is still pending in the Punjab and
Haryana High Court in Chandigarh.
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