A local court on Thursday reserved till tomorrow its order on the anticipatory bail sought by former DGP SPS Rathore following registration of two fresh FIRs levelling serious criminal charges against him in the Ruchika molestation case. The order was reserved by Additional District and Sessions Judge Sanjiv Jindal on 67-year-old Rathore bail plea after hearing arguments of Pankaj Bhardwaj,the counsel for the Subash Girhotra family,and lawyer wife of Rathore Abha. The fresh charges against Rathore include attempt to murder,wrongful confinement and forging of the post-mortem report of the victim. Arguing before the court,Abha submitted that "Rathore is being targeted due to the media hype" in connection with the case. "Media is describing Rathore as a molester,a monster and an animal. Media is pronouncing its own judgement holding him guilty and it appears that the media has taken over the justice system," Rathore's wife told the court. She sought her husband's anticipatory bail in the new cases registered on December 29,saying the issue of 306 under the IPC (abetment to suicide) against him had already been settled by the Supreme Court. "Even the government seems to be buckling under the media pressure," Abha alleged and sought protection of Rathore.
