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TopicSanjiv Bhatt

Topic: Sanjiv Bhatt

Ex-IPS Sanjiv Bhatt acquitted in 1997 custodial torture case, but to remain in jail. Here’s why

A Gujarat court ordered Bhatt’s acquittal on 7 December in the case, saying that the case made out by the prosecution appeared to be ‘improbable’.

Gujarat court acquits ex-cop Sanjiv Bhatt in 1997 custodial torture case

Former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt has been previously convicted in 1990 custodial death & 1996 case relating to planting drugs to frame an accused.

Former IPS Sanjiv Bhatt’s 20-yr jail term will start after life sentence. Here’s what it means

Ex-IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt was Thursday sentenced to 20-year jail in 1996 drug planting case, while he had been handed life imprisonment in 2019 in custodial death case.

Ex-IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt gets 20 years in jail in 1996 case of planting drugs to frame lawyer

Bhatt was held guilty of falsely implicating a Rajasthan-based lawyer by claiming, in 1996, that police had seized drugs from a hotel room in Palanpur where the lawyer was staying.

‘Act of murder’ — Gujarat HC order upholding ex cop Sanjiv Bhatt’s conviction in custodial torture case

In 2019, sessions court convicted ex IPS officer Bhatt and constable Pravinsinh Zala in 1990 custodial torture and murder case of a person who had been arrested following communal violence.

Jailed ex-IPS Sanjiv Bhatt doesn’t want SC judge to hear his appeal, Gujarat govt opposes request

Bhatt has filed an application for recusal of Justice M.R. Shah from hearing his petition to examine a witness in the appeal against his conviction in 1990 custodial torture case.

Former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt arrested, taken to Ahmedabad in Gujarat riots case

Ahmedabad police’s crime branch arrested Bhatt based on a case filed on 24 June after the Supreme Court gave a clean chit to then Gujarat CM Narendra Modi in 2002 riots case.

Chidambaram to Mehbooba Mufti — families keep arrested leaders’ Twitter accounts active

The trend, which began with Lalu Prasad going to prison in 2017, continues with non-politicians such as former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt.

Convicted ex-IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt had ‘beaten’ & ‘threatened’ witnesses, says court

A Jamnagar Sessions Court convicted former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt in a 1990 custodial death case primarily on the basis of eye witness accounts.

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Boom to bust: Haunted by Ketan Parekh saga, 117-yr-old Calcutta Stock Exchange’s future lies in limbo

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From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.