New Delhi, December 22: The CBI is likely to go in for an appeal against the light punishment of six months of imprisonment given to former Haryana DGP S P S Rathore by a trial court which convicted him for molesting a teenaged girl.
The quantum of punishment today came under attack from political parties, the victim’s friend and National Commission for Women which said it was “too little, too late.”
CBI sources said the agency is likely to move a higher court for an appeal against the verdict.
For the record, CBI’s Principal Information Officer R K Gaur said “we are not in a position to comment on the appropriateness of the punishment. There is a mechanism in CBI. Once we get the full copy of the judgement, our legal officers will study it and the appropriate decision will be taken by the competent authorities.
–Agencies