{"id":318697,"date":"2024-03-29T12:30:28","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T07:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=318697"},"modified":"2024-03-29T12:32:30","modified_gmt":"2024-03-29T07:02:30","slug":"gujarat-court-sentences-former-ips-officer-sanjiv-bhatt-to-20-years-of-imprisonment-legal-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/03\/29\/gujarat-court-sentences-former-ips-officer-sanjiv-bhatt-to-20-years-of-imprisonment-legal-news\/","title":{"rendered":"[1996 drug-planting case] Gujarat Court sentences former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt to 20 years of imprisonment"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Gujarat Court:<\/span> The second Additional District &amp; Sessions Judge, Palanpur, JN Thakkar sentenced former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt to 20 years of imprisonment in the 1996 drug-planting case.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt was arrested in 2018 pursuant to a direction of the Gujarat High Court to the Criminal Investigation Department (&#8216;CID&#8217;) to investigate the allegations made by Rajasthan based lawyer for framing him on the allegations of keeping 3 kg of narcotics substance at a Palanpur hotel in 1996. During that time, Bhatt was serving as Superintendent of Police.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court held him guilty for offences under Sections <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001570293\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">21(c)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001570301\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">27-A<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001570304\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">29<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001570347\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">58(1) and (2)<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002802179\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act 1985<\/a> and sentenced him to undergo 20 years of imprisonment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Earlier, the Gujarat High Court rejected a transfer plea filed by Bhatt of his trial in the 1996 drug-planting case to a Court in Banaskantha district, holding that any case of bias was not established and called it an attempt to scandalize and pressurize the Court.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Source:<\/span> Press<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Image Source:<\/span> @sanjivbhatt \/ X.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-style: italic;\">Former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt was arrested in 2018 to investigate the allegations made by Rajasthan based lawyer for framing him on the allegations of keeping narcotics 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