Four police personnel who were convicted by Jamnagar sessions court along with former IPS Sanjiv Bhatt in the custodial death case of 1990 have been granted major relief by the Gujarat High Court. The high court has suspended their sentence and granted them bail till their appeal against conviction is decided by high court.
The Jamnagar Sessions Court had on June 20 convicted Bhatt and another constable Pravinsinh Zala of murder under the Indian Penal Code and they were awarded life imprisonment. On the other hand four other police personnel accused in the case—sub-inspectors Dipak Shah and constables Pravinsinh Jadeja, Anopsinh Jethva, and Keshu Jadeja, were sentenced to two years in prison.