A Jamnagar sessions court sentenced Sanjiv Bhatt, who was the additional superintendent of police in the Jamnagar district in 1990, in June 2019. Then police constable Pravinsinh Zala too was sentenced to life imprisonment.
In 1990, one of the 133 people detained during a communal riot in Jamjodhpur town died in a hospital after he was released from custody, allegedly due to custodial torture. Seven policemen were on trial and 2 were found guilty.
The Gujarat High Court today rejected an appeal filed by former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt raising concern about the fairness of the trial court judge hearing the drug planting case filed against him
The Gujarat High Court last week dismissed a petition filed by Shweta Bhatt wife of former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt, currently in jail, against the State's decision to withdraw her husband's police protection