Sanjeev Bhatt, Sacked IPS Officer, Sentenced to Life By Jamnagar Court In Custodial Death Case

Ahmedabad, June 20: The Jamnagar Sessions Court on Thursday sentenced former IPS officer Sanjeev Bhatt to life imprisonment in connection with a 30-year-old custodial death case. Bhat has been convicted under section IPC 302 in 1990 custodial death case.

Along with him, another police officer Praveen Singh Jhala has also been sent to prison for life. Earlier, the Supreme Court had quashed the sacked IPS officer's plea who sought examination of 11 additional witnesses in the case. He had claimed that the examination of these 11 witnesses was crucial for arriving at a just and fair decision in the case. 2002 Gujarat Riots, 1993 Mumbai Riots, 2013 Muzaffarnagar Riots Cited by Delhi HC in Verdict Convicting Sajjan Kumar in 1984 Anti-Sikh Riots Case

However, the Gujarat Police had opposed his plea calling it a 'tactic to delay the outcome of the case'. It is to be known that Bhatt was posted as the additional superintendent of police in Gujarat's Jamnagar, when the incident took place. The prosecution had claimed that Bhatt had detained more than a hundred persons during a communal riot there and one died in hospital after he was released.

With things blowing out of proportion, Bhatt was suspended in 2011 and later sacked in August 2015. He was even charged of remaining absent from duty without permission and misuse of official vehicles.

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