Wednesday, June 18, 2025

Topic: Sanjiv Bhatt

SC dismisses Sanjiv Bhatt’s plea for bail, suspension of life sentence in custodial death case

The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the plea of former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt, who sought bail and suspension of his sentence in a 1990 custodial death case for which he was sentenced to life imprisonment.

Sanjiv Bhatt acquitted by Gujarat court in custodial torture case, to remain in jail in other cases

A court in Gujarat's Porbandar has acquitted former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt in a 1997 custodial torture case, citing that the prosecution could not "prove the case beyond reasonable doubt.”

“Sanjiv Bhatt is a strong man”: On record with Shweta Bhatt

“Sanjiv Bhatt is a strong man,” says Shweta Bhatt, human rights defender and partner of whistleblower police officer Sanjiv Bhatt.

Sanjiv Bhatt gets 20 years in jail in 1996 drug planting case

A special Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) court in Gujarat’s Banaskantha district on Thursday sentenced former Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Sanjiv Bhatt to 20 years imprisonment in a 1996 drug planting case.

Gujarat court convicts former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt in 1996 drug seizure case

A Sessions court at Palanpur in Gujarat's Banaskantha district on Wednesday convicted former IPS officer and whistleblower Sanjiv Bhatt in the 1996 drug-planting case....

Little did I know that in Modi’s India, pursuing justice is a criminal offence: Shweta Sanjiv Bhatt

"Little did I know that in Modi's India, pursuing justice is a criminal offence," said Shweta Sanjiv Bhatt, wife of jailed whistleblower Sanjiv Bhatt. She made this statement a day after the Supreme Court imposed a fine of ₹3 lakh on Sanjiv Bhatt for repeatedly filing petitions with the top court.