25/05/2010
Chandigarh: The Sessions Court today sentenced former Haryana DGP SPS Rathore to one-and-a-half years in jail in the Ruchika Girhotra molestation case.
He will not get parole while in jail. Rathore was challenging his conviction by a CBI court for molesting Ruchika, who later committed suicide.
He was earlier sentenced to six months in prison. Subash Girhotra has expressed his satisfaction at the verdict but was miffed with the court for not charging Rathore with the abetment to suicide charge.
"We are happy that justice has been done," Subash said while coming out of the court.
The verdict could not be delivered earlier as the typing work was not over. Additional District and Sessions Judge Gurbir Singh, who heard the arguments continuously on day-to-day basis for eight days, had said the judgment will be pronounced May 25 . He said the typing was not yet over since the judgement was a long one.
The order of the court came after Rathore, a former director general of police (DGP) in Haryana, filed a plea January this year challenging his conviction December last year by a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) special court here for molesting 15-year-old Ruchika Aug 12, 1990.
Rathore was sentenced to six months' rigorous imprisonment and fined Rs.1,000 by the CBI special court. However, he was immediately granted bail.
Ruchika's father S.C. Girhotra, who was present in the court Thursday, said that he was not disappointed at the judgment being deferred.
"We are not disappointed. It is just a matter of 4-5 days.
Justice will be done. Rathore will be punished. There is nothing wrong in the judgment delay. Such things happen in courts. Maybe, the judge wanted more time to write the judgment which should be a long one," he told IANS.
Anand Parkash, main complainant in this case, said: "We are expecting maximum jail-term for Rathore. He deserves no mercy from any quarter and we have full belief in Indian judiciary."
Anand Parkash's daughter Aradhana, who has now migrated to Australia, was the only eyewitness in this case.
The CBI had opposed Rathore's plea and had sought an enhancement of his sentence from six months to the maximum of two years after his conviction.
TV grab of 29-year-old Utsav Sharma, who had inflicted knife injuries on Rathore.
The CBI special court had held Rathore guilty December last year for molesting Ruchika, a budding tennis player, in Panchkula town nearly two decades ago.
Ruchika committed suicide three years later in Panchkula town, adjoining Chandigarh, following her and her family's continuous harassment by Rathore, a powerful police officer in Haryana.
Source: India Syndicate & IANS
K.Venugopal
#1
Tuesday, 25 May 2010 16:07:31
The fellow appears to have got away lightly. Using the monstrous powers of being the Chief of Police of a state, he outraged the modesty of a young innocent defenseless girl student. Shouldn't there have been something like an exemplary punishment so that no one wielding power would dare to think that they can get away with anything because of their position?
http://news.in.msn.com/national/article.aspx?cp-documentid=3939509&page=0
Chandigarh: The Sessions Court today sentenced former Haryana DGP SPS Rathore to one-and-a-half years in jail in the Ruchika Girhotra molestation case.
He will not get parole while in jail. Rathore was challenging his conviction by a CBI court for molesting Ruchika, who later committed suicide.
He was earlier sentenced to six months in prison. Subash Girhotra has expressed his satisfaction at the verdict but was miffed with the court for not charging Rathore with the abetment to suicide charge.
"We are happy that justice has been done," Subash said while coming out of the court.
The verdict could not be delivered earlier as the typing work was not over. Additional District and Sessions Judge Gurbir Singh, who heard the arguments continuously on day-to-day basis for eight days, had said the judgment will be pronounced May 25 . He said the typing was not yet over since the judgement was a long one.
The order of the court came after Rathore, a former director general of police (DGP) in Haryana, filed a plea January this year challenging his conviction December last year by a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) special court here for molesting 15-year-old Ruchika Aug 12, 1990.
Rathore was sentenced to six months' rigorous imprisonment and fined Rs.1,000 by the CBI special court. However, he was immediately granted bail.
Ruchika's father S.C. Girhotra, who was present in the court Thursday, said that he was not disappointed at the judgment being deferred.
"We are not disappointed. It is just a matter of 4-5 days.
Justice will be done. Rathore will be punished. There is nothing wrong in the judgment delay. Such things happen in courts. Maybe, the judge wanted more time to write the judgment which should be a long one," he told IANS.
Anand Parkash, main complainant in this case, said: "We are expecting maximum jail-term for Rathore. He deserves no mercy from any quarter and we have full belief in Indian judiciary."
Anand Parkash's daughter Aradhana, who has now migrated to Australia, was the only eyewitness in this case.
The CBI had opposed Rathore's plea and had sought an enhancement of his sentence from six months to the maximum of two years after his conviction.
TV grab of 29-year-old Utsav Sharma, who had inflicted knife injuries on Rathore.
The CBI special court had held Rathore guilty December last year for molesting Ruchika, a budding tennis player, in Panchkula town nearly two decades ago.
Ruchika committed suicide three years later in Panchkula town, adjoining Chandigarh, following her and her family's continuous harassment by Rathore, a powerful police officer in Haryana.
Source: India Syndicate & IANS
K.Venugopal
#1
Tuesday, 25 May 2010 16:07:31
The fellow appears to have got away lightly. Using the monstrous powers of being the Chief of Police of a state, he outraged the modesty of a young innocent defenseless girl student. Shouldn't there have been something like an exemplary punishment so that no one wielding power would dare to think that they can get away with anything because of their position?
http://news.in.msn.com/national/article.aspx?cp-documentid=3939509&page=0
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