A division bench of the Gujarat HC headed by Justice A J Shastri had pronounced the verdict on January 9, with the detailed order made public later last week.
A Jamnagar sessions court sentenced Sanjiv Bhatt, who was the additional superintendent of police in the Jamnagar district in 1990, in June 2019. Then police constable Pravinsinh Zala too was sentenced to life imprisonment.
In 1990, one of the 133 people detained during a communal riot in Jamjodhpur town died in a hospital after he was released from custody, allegedly due to custodial torture. Seven policemen were on trial and 2 were found guilty.
The Gujarat High Court today dismissed an appeal filed by Sanjiv Bhatt, a former Indian Police Service officer, challenging his conviction and life imprisonment sentence imposed by the Jamnagar Court...