Friday, January 1, 2010

Rathore gets interim relief, asked not to leave country

Chandigarh, Jan 1: A Haryana court on Friday gave interim relief to disgraced former police chief S P S Rathore and allowed him bail till January 7 if he is arrested for the two fresh cases registered against him in connection with the 1990 Ruchika molestation case.

The district and sessions court in Panchkula near here said Rathore would be allowed to avail interim bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 100,000 in each of the two cases if he is arrested by the Haryana police before January 7. The Haryana government has been asked to submit its reply to the court by January 6 for the next hearing of Rathore’s anticipatory bail plea to be held on January 7.