The Supreme Court bench composed of Justices Vikram NATH and Sandeep Mehta 29 rejected April on April for bailing of former IPO Sanjiv Bhatt in the event of death in 1990, PTI reported.
What did SC say? Why was the lawsuit rejected?
SC said that there was no “merit” in the deposit or suspension of the application for the sentence.
The justice of Vikram Nath, who ordered the order, said, “We do not tend to grant Sanjiv Bhatt’s bail. The bail prayer is rejected. Hearing will not be affected. Hearing of the appeal is accelerated.”
Background: What is this?
The plaintiff Sanjiv Bhatt takes place for the conviction and life imprisonment when he moved the High Court, which challenged the order of the High Court in Gujarat 2024, which dismissed his appeal.
Then another police superintendent, Sanjiv Bhatt on October 30, 1990 detained about 150 people after the municipal riots in Jamjodhpur. After the riots, the late leader BJP LK LK Advani “Rath Yatra” for the construction of the RAM in Ayodhya was during the “bandh” call.
One of the detainees, Prabhudas Vaishnani, died in the hospital after his release, and his brother accused Sanjiv Bhatt and six other police officers that he had caused his death as a result of torture while he was in custody.
Gujarat HC also convinced Sanjiv Bhatt according to sections 302 (murder), 323 (voluntarily causing injuries) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Criminal Code (IPC), together with the cooperating Pravinsinh Zala.
The HC also dismissed Gujarat’s dismissal to strengthen the penalties of five other accused, who were exempt of murder charges, but convicted according to sections 323 and 506, he added.
Other cases against Sanjiv Bhatt
Sanjiv Bhatt was arrested 5 September 2018, in another case, when he is accused of false implication of a man for drug possession. There is a test in this case.
He is also accused in the case of alleged inventing evidence in connection with the 2002 Gujarat Riots, together with Teesta Setalvad activist and former General Gujarat from RB Sreekumar.
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