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  {
   "rank": "Police Sub-Inspector",
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 "sections": [
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 "sentence": "Life imprisonment for Bhatt and Zala (ss.302/323/506(1)); five others convicted under ss.323/506(1) (trial sentence per judgment)",
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 "appeal_status": "upheld",
 "appeal_url": "https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/gujarat-high-court-dismisses-ex-ips-officer-sanjiv-bhatt-appeal-conviction-life-term-1990-custodial-death-case-246264",
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 "primary_source_url": "https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/breaking-sanjiv-bhatt-sentenced-to-life-imprisonment-in-30-year-old-custodial-death-case-145789",
 "secondary_sources": [
  "https://indianexpress.com/article/india/gujarat-custody-death-case-jamnagar-court-relied-on-medical-records-circumstantial-evidence-to-convict-sanjiv-bhatt-5793975/",
  "https://indianexpress.com/article/india/gujarat-custody-death-case-sacked-ips-officer-sanjiv-bhatt-gets-life-in-jail-5791650/",
  "https://lawstreet.co/judiciary/ex-ips-officer-sanjeev-bhatt-sentenced-to-life-in-30-year-old-custodial-death-case/",
  "https://lawstreet.co/judiciary/sc-dismisses-bail-plea-by-sacked-ips-officer-sanjiv-bhatt-in-1990-custodial-death-case",
  "https://lawtrend.in/supreme-court-issues-notice-to-gujarat-government-on-sanjiv-bhatts-plea-against-custodial-death-case-conviction/",
  "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/sacked-gujarat-ips-officer-sanjiv-bhatt-gets-life-imprisonment-in-custody-death-case/articleshow/69881850.cms",
  "https://www.barandbench.com/news/gujarat-high-court-upholds-conviction-life-term-sanjiv-bhatt-1990-custodial-death-case",
  "https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/cra14722019gjhc2404709920196709012024240110210032-515586.pdf",
  "https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/gujarat-high-court-dismisses-ex-ips-officer-sanjiv-bhatt-appeal-conviction-life-term-1990-custodial-death-case-246264"
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 "summary": "The Jamnagar Sessions Court convicted seven Jamnagar policemen on 20 June 2019 for custodial torture leading to the death of a Jamnagar man, detained during a November 1990 Bharat Bandh crackdown and beaten with exhortation by then-ASP [name withheld]. Bhatt and constable received life terms for murder; three constables and two PSIs were convicted of hurt and criminal intimidation. The Gujarat High Court upheld the convictions on 9 January 2024; Bhatt's SLP is pending before the Supreme Court.",
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