SPS Rathore's counsel wife Abha told the court that the deceased's father had not signed a memorandum filed against the former Haryana DGP in 1990 when he was accused of molesting the girl.
SPS Rathore's counsel wife Abha, who has challenged his conviction in Ruchika Girhotra molestation case, today told the court that the deceased's father had not signed a memorandum filed against the former Haryana DGP in 1990 when he was accused of molesting the girl.
As the day-to-day hearing on the revision petition resumed today in the Punjab and Haryana high court, Abha contended that the draft memorandum against Rathore was prepared at the house of Anand Parkash, father of Ruchika's friend Aradhana.
"SC Girhotra, Ruchika's father did not sign the memorandum in 1990 which shows that he was not part of the conspiracy," she submitted before the court.
68-year-old Rathore is lodged in high security Burail jail since May 25 after being sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment for molesting 14-year-old Ruchika on August 12, 1990. Rathore was then the president of Haryana Lawn Tennis Association in Panchkula.
Ruchika, a budding tennis player, committed suicide three
years after the incident.
Abha contended that then DIG C P Bansal and then DSP Shyam Lal had accompanied a crowd to the Haryana Lawn Tennis Association (HLTA), headed by Rathore in 1990's, on August 18, 1990 to meet Rathore on suspension of Ruchika.
"Instead of taking the alleged victim (Ruchika) to the police station, the senior police officers hatched a conspiracy with Anand Parkash and his relatives," she claimed.
She told the court that Anand Parkash went to the houses of senior police officers in connection with the alleged crime instead of visiting police station.
Abha, assisted by her lawyer daughter Priyanjali, alleged that the signature of Ruchika in the memorandum was forged and that no efforts were made by prosecution to produce secondary evidence.
The then Station House Officer (SHO) of the area tried to record statement of Girhotra and Anand Parkash, but both refused.
Abha submitted that Girhotra came into picture on August 18, 1990 after an inquiry was ordered on the basis of the memorandum.
She told the court that Girhotra's antecedents were also "not clean as he had already been held guilty by the CBI court at Patiala in a corruption case".
Abha claimed that Girhotra had tried to extort money and even refused to get his voice samples tested.
She contended that delay in filing of complaint by the alleged victim or her relatives in this case was not explained.
Justice Jitendra Chauhan then observed that some delay is natural in filing a complaint as the reputation of a child was at stake.
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