State vs Gujarat Police Ex-policeman (rank/unit not stated)
Ex-policeman [name withheld] was sentenced to life imprisonment with fine on 30 January 2025 by Rajkot Sessions Judge S.V. Sharma along with businessman [name withheld] and driver [name withheld] for the 2016 murder of oil-mill manager a Rajkot man, who was suspected of embezzling Rs.65 lakh and died after a violent confrontation; approver Samir Gandhi was the key witness and four other employees were acquitted. Single-source record (PTI via DevDiscourse); exact sections, Bhatt's former rank/unit and appeal status not stated.
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By judgment dated 30 January 2025, the Sessions Court, Rajkot (Judge S.V. Sharma) convicted the Ex-policeman (rank/unit not stated), Gujarat Police (former).
- Register number
- GJ 03 CW 0004
- Case reference
- State vs Gujarat Police Ex-policeman (rank/unit not stated)
- Court and date
- The Sessions Court, Rajkot (Judge S.V. Sharma), 30 January 2025
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Ex-policeman (rank/unit not stated), Gujarat Police (former)
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Facts in brief
- Ex-policeman [name withheld] was sentenced to life imprisonment with fine on 30 January 2025 by Rajkot Sessions Judge S.V. Sharma along with businessman [name withheld] and driver [name withheld] for the 2016 murder of oil-mill manager a Rajkot man, who was suspected of embezzling Rs.65 lakh and died after a violent confrontation; approver Samir Gandhi was the key witness and four other employees were acquitted. Single-source record (PTI via DevDiscourse); exact sections, Bhatt's former rank/unit and appeal status not stated.
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: Life imprisonment + fine (each of 3 convicts; 4 co-accused acquitted)
- Present status of the proceedings
- No appeal is known from the cited sources.
Compiled from the judgment and the cited sources. Findings are those of the court; this card adds none of its own.
Sessions Court, Rajkot (Judge S.V. Sharma) convicted the accused police personnel on 30 January 2025. No appeal is known from the cited sources.
Sentence & charges
Sentence: Life imprisonment + fine (each of 3 convicts; 4 co-accused acquitted)
Sections: IPC 302
Appeal status
No appeal known.