Gujarat High Court rejects Sanjiv Bhatt’s plea for suspension of sentence
In a major blow to suspended IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt, the Gujarat High Court on Wednesday rejected his plea for suspension of the sentence awarded to him by a Jamnagar court in connection with a custodial death case of 1990.
Bhatt was then posted in the district as the additional superintendent of police.
The rejection came from the division bench of Justice Bela Trivedi and Justice AC Rao, which conducted a marathon hearing in the case.
The rejection from the high court also means that Bhatt is left with no option, but to approach the Supreme Court for relief.
Notably, sessions judge DM Vyas on June 20 had convicted the former top cop, as well as a constable Pravinsinh Zala, of murder under the Indian Penal Code and pronounced the life sentence.