Ruchika Girhotra

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  Ruchika Girhotra Case: Ex-Top Cop SPS Rathore Won't Go To Jail, Taint Stays

  Former Haryana police chief SPS Rathore, held guilty of molesting teenager Ruchika Girhotra who committed suicide in 1993, will not have to go back to jail, the Supreme Court said today.

• Ruchika Girhotra case: Anand Prakash challenges CBI closure report

  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

  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 related to tampering of Ruchika's post-mortem reports and torturing her brother, Ashu Girhotra in police ...

• Teen molestor cop Rathore will get pension for now, says court

  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 filed by Mr Rathore against his conviction in the Supreme Court.

• Ruchika Girhotra's family withdraws torture charges against former Haryana top cop SPS Rathore

  Ruchika Girhotra's family has reportedly withdrawn charges against former Deputy General of Police (DGP) of Haryana SPS Rathore.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 filed a closure report in the case around 20 months back.

• Molester cop's wife buys VIP number plate for over Rs 9 lakhs

  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

  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 Girhotra in 1990.

• Chandigarh: Candle light vigil to mark Ruchika's death anniversary

  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 participated in the march included friends of Ruchi...

• Ruchika case: Did the CBI ignore facts?

  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 key eyewitness Vijay Dheer, says he deposed befor...

• Teen molester cop SPS Rathore leaves jail

  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 court. He  was granted bail by the Supreme Cou...

• Ruchika case: SPS Rathore gets bail from Supreme Court

  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 found guilty of molesting 14-year-old Ruchika Girhotr...

• Ruchika case: SPS Rathore gets bail from Supreme Court

  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 found guilty of molesting 14-year-old Ruchika Girhot...

• 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...

• Ruchika case: Supreme Court issues notice to CBI

  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 Chauhan issued notice after senior counsel U U Lalit s...