Gujarat court acquits ex-IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt in custodial torture case https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/gujarat-court-acquits-ex-ips-officer-sanjiv-bhatt-in-custodial-torture-case/article68961190.ece Additional chief judicial magistrate Mukesh Pandya on Saturday (December 7, 2024) acquitted Bhatt, the then superintendent of police (SP) of Porbandar, in a case registered against him under IPC sections pertaining to causing grievous hurt to obtain confession and other provisions by giving him the benefit of the doubt due to lack of evidence.
He is also an accused in a case of alleged fabrication of evidence in connection with the 2002 Gujarat riots cases along with activist Teesta Setalvad and former Gujarat director general of police R.B. Sreekumar.
Bhatt, who was removed from police service by the Gujarat government over unauthorised absence, moved the Supreme Court challenging the Gujarat High Court's January 9, 2024 order dismissing his appeal.
Supreme Court notice to Gujarat on Sanjiv Bhatt's plea against conviction in custodial death case https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/supreme-court-notice-to-gujarat-govt-on-sanjiv-bhatts-plea-against-conviction-in-custodial-death-case/article68572098.ece
Gujarat police officer implicates Modi in riots https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/Gujarat-police-officer-implicates-Modi-in-riots/article10321755.ece
He told us to let rioters & teach a lesson' to Muslims