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The Supreme Court has denied erstwhile IPS serviceman Sanjiv Bhatt's plea to suspend his 20-year jailhouse condemnation successful a 1996 cause planting case. Bhatt, convicted by a Gujarat court, sought bail but the seat declined his request. The lawsuit involves allegations of framing a lawyer successful Palanpur, with Bhatt accused of planting drugs to settee a spot dispute.
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Thursday declined to suspend the 20-year jailhouse condemnation of erstwhile IPS serviceman Sanjiv Bhatt successful a 1996 cause planting case.Bhatt was convicted by a Gujarat tribunal past twelvemonth nether assorted provisions of the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and the IPC.
He moved SC for suspension of condemnation to get bail, but a seat Justices J K Maheshwari and Vijay Bishnoi declined to entertain his plea.This NDPS Act lawsuit pertained to the apprehension of a Rajasthan-based lawyer, Sumer Rajpurohit, successful 1996 by the Banaskantha Police pursuing alleged betterment of drugs from his edifice country successful Palanpur. Bhatt was past serving arsenic DSP of Palanpur.Rajpurohit, who was discharged, aboriginal accused Bhatt and different cops of planting drugs to framework him.
The aforesaid was done lone to harass the lawyer with respect to a spot dispute, it was alleged.Last year, the erstwhile IPS serviceman had approached SC seeking transportation of proceedings successful the 28-year-old cause lawsuit to different sessions tribunal alleging bias. He besides sought directions for signaling of the proceedings tribunal proceedings.However, SC dismissed the plea and imposed Rs 3 lakh outgo connected him for alleging bias against the justice conducting proceedings successful the cause planting case.
