Suspended Maharashtra Deputy Inspector General of Police Sunil Paraskar, accused of molesting and raping a city-based model, was on Friday discharged by a sessions court here.
"The court has discharged Paraskar from the (2014) case," said Special Public Prosecutor Pradeep Gharat. Gharat also said that he will file an appeal in the Bombay High Court, challenging the order.
The IPS officer had moved the discharge plea after the Mumbai police filed a charge-sheet against him in May this year. An FIR was registered against Paraskar by the suburban Malwani police under sections 376(2), 376 C and 354(D) (stalking) of IPC.