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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.
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  • 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. 

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