Chandigarh, May 26: Haryana ex-DGP S.P.S. Rathore, sentenced to an 18-month prison term by a court here in a molestation case, on Wednesday filed a review petition in the Punjab and Haryana High Court and sought bail.
The 68-year-old Rathore’s lawyer-wife Abha Rathore filed the review petition on his behalf in the court of Justice S.S. Saron.
She alleged the appellate court had on Tuesday passed the order “under media pressure”.
Rathore was on Tuesday jailed after a sessions court enhanced his prison term to 18 months for molesting a budding tennis player, who later committed suicide, 20 years back.
While seeking bail for, Ms. Abha Rathore in her petition, also sought to apprise the court about the heart ailment which Rathore is suffering from.
The judge is likely to hear the petition later in the day.
—-PTI