Given the fate of Sanjiv Bhat, Most police officers who have at some time or the other been related to a custodial death, will fall in line.
My father Sanjiv Bhatt is in prison for speaking out against Prime Minister Modi’s complicity in the Gujarat pogrom: Dr. Akashi Bhatt
By Shifa March 7, 2023 https://thehindustangazette.com/latest-news/my-father-sanjiv-bhatt-is-in-prison-for-speaking-out-against-prime-minister-modis-complicity-in-the-gujarat-pogrom-dr-akashi-bhatt-12782
The current regime has sentenced my father Sanjiv Bhatt to life in prison for speaking out against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s complicity in the Gujarat pogrom: Dr. Aakashi Bhatt
the video of her speech - https://twitter.com/i/status/1632957746202157056
Supreme Court Imposes Costs On Sanjiv Bhatt For Challenging HC Direction Setting Deadline For Trial In Drug Seizure Case Sohini Chowdhury 20 Feb 2023 https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/supreme-court-imposes-costs-on-sanjiv-bhatt-for-challenging-hc-direction-setting-deadline-for-trial-in-drug-seizure-case-222032 The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition filed by former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt saying "The parties in a criminal trial should be more interested in the expeditious disposal of the trial......The grant of extension of time is a matter between the trial court and high court", the bench noted in the order. Senior Advocate Devadatt Kamat, appearing for Bhatt, took exception to the High Court issuing a peremptory direction, despite the trial judge's estimate that 6 months more time is required.
In April 2011, Bhatt had filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court accusing the then Chief Minister Narendra Modi of complicity in the 2002 riots. He claimed to have attended a meeting convened by the then CM, Mr. Modi, on February 27, 2002, when instructions were allegedly given to the State Police to not take any action against the perpetrators of violence. The Court appointed SIT however gave clean chit to Modi, which was upheld by the Supreme Court in June 2022. In 2015, Bhatt was removed from the police service, on the ground of "unauthorised absence". He is at present serving life imprisonment in a custodial death case of 1990, after his conviction in July 2019.