<p style="text-align: justify;">The Supreme Court today dismissed the <span style="color: #993366;"><a href="https://barandbench.com/sanjiv-bhatt-execute-vakalatnama-wife-moves-supreme-court/" rel="noopener" style="color: #993366;" target="_blank">petition</a></span> filed by the wife of former IPS officer <strong>Sanjiv Bhatt </strong>challenging his detention in relation to a 22-year-old drug planting case.</p>.<p style="text-align: justify;">The Bench of Chief Justice of India<strong> Ranjan Gogoi </strong>and Justices <strong>Sanjay Kishan Kaul</strong> and <strong>KM Joseph</strong> held that the facts of the case are highly contentious, and the Court is not inclined to intervene at this point.</p>.<p style="text-align: justify;">The Court held that Bhatt could apply for regular bail and could approach the High Court in accordance with the law “<em>if so advised</em>” and specified that the “<em>dismissal of this petition will not come in the way of moving an appropriate Court</em>“,</p>.<p style="text-align: justify;">Bhatt had been taken into questioning in relation to a case where he is alleged to have planted drugs to arrest a lawyer during his tenure as District Superintendent of Police at Banaskantha, Gujarat. In 1996, the lawyer was arrested on charges of possessing around 1 kg of drugs. The Rajasthan Police later found that that the lawyer had been falsely implicated by the Banaskantha Police to compel the transfer of some property.</p>.<p style="text-align: justify;">Former police officer IB Vyas had <span style="color: #993366;"><a href="https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/gujarat-high-court-orders-cid-crime-to-probe-1996-palanpur-drug-haul-case-5216369/" rel="noopener" style="color: #993366;" target="_blank">moved the Gujarat High Court in 1999</a> </span>for a thorough inquiry into the matter following these findings by the Rajasthan Police. In June this year, the High Court<a href="https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/gujarat-high-court-orders-cid-crime-to-probe-1996-palanpur-drug-haul-case-5216369/" rel="noopener" target="_blank"> <span style="color: #993366;">handed over</span></a> the task to the Crime Investigation Department (CID) of the Gujarat Police, with a direction that the probe be completed within three months.</p>.<p style="text-align: justify;">The CID in turn is reported to have questioned Bhatt along with seven others earlier this month, ultimately leading to his<span style="color: #993366;"> <a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/ex-ips-sanjiv-bhatt-arrested-in-22-yr-old-drug-planting-case/articleshow/65684645.cms" rel="noopener" style="color: #993366;" target="_blank">arrest on September 5</a></span>. IB Vyas was also arrested along with Bhatt.</p>.<p style="text-align: justify;">Bhatt is known for being a vocal critic of the Narendra Modi-lead government. Prior to his dismissal from service, the former IPS officer had also filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court alleging that the Modi-led Gujarat government had a complicit role in the 2002 Gujarat riots. He was<span style="color: #993366;"> <a href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/sanjiv-bhatt-dismissed-from-ips/article7558253.ece" rel="noopener" style="color: #993366;" target="_blank">dismissed from service</a></span> by the Ministry of Home Affairs in 2015 on grounds of <em>unauthorised absence from service</em>.</p>.<p><em>Image taken from <a href="https://gulfnews.com/news/asia/india/sanjiv-bhatt-case-supreme-court-seeks-gujarat-government-s-response-1.2282020" rel="noopener" target="_blank">here</a></em></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The Supreme Court today dismissed the <span style="color: #993366;"><a href="https://barandbench.com/sanjiv-bhatt-execute-vakalatnama-wife-moves-supreme-court/" rel="noopener" style="color: #993366;" target="_blank">petition</a></span> filed by the wife of former IPS officer <strong>Sanjiv Bhatt </strong>challenging his detention in relation to a 22-year-old drug planting case.</p>.<p style="text-align: justify;">The Bench of Chief Justice of India<strong> Ranjan Gogoi </strong>and Justices <strong>Sanjay Kishan Kaul</strong> and <strong>KM Joseph</strong> held that the facts of the case are highly contentious, and the Court is not inclined to intervene at this point.</p>.<p style="text-align: justify;">The Court held that Bhatt could apply for regular bail and could approach the High Court in accordance with the law “<em>if so advised</em>” and specified that the “<em>dismissal of this petition will not come in the way of moving an appropriate Court</em>“,</p>.<p style="text-align: justify;">Bhatt had been taken into questioning in relation to a case where he is alleged to have planted drugs to arrest a lawyer during his tenure as District Superintendent of Police at Banaskantha, Gujarat. In 1996, the lawyer was arrested on charges of possessing around 1 kg of drugs. The Rajasthan Police later found that that the lawyer had been falsely implicated by the Banaskantha Police to compel the transfer of some property.</p>.<p style="text-align: justify;">Former police officer IB Vyas had <span style="color: #993366;"><a href="https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/gujarat-high-court-orders-cid-crime-to-probe-1996-palanpur-drug-haul-case-5216369/" rel="noopener" style="color: #993366;" target="_blank">moved the Gujarat High Court in 1999</a> </span>for a thorough inquiry into the matter following these findings by the Rajasthan Police. In June this year, the High Court<a href="https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/gujarat-high-court-orders-cid-crime-to-probe-1996-palanpur-drug-haul-case-5216369/" rel="noopener" target="_blank"> <span style="color: #993366;">handed over</span></a> the task to the Crime Investigation Department (CID) of the Gujarat Police, with a direction that the probe be completed within three months.</p>.<p style="text-align: justify;">The CID in turn is reported to have questioned Bhatt along with seven others earlier this month, ultimately leading to his<span style="color: #993366;"> <a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/ex-ips-sanjiv-bhatt-arrested-in-22-yr-old-drug-planting-case/articleshow/65684645.cms" rel="noopener" style="color: #993366;" target="_blank">arrest on September 5</a></span>. IB Vyas was also arrested along with Bhatt.</p>.<p style="text-align: justify;">Bhatt is known for being a vocal critic of the Narendra Modi-lead government. Prior to his dismissal from service, the former IPS officer had also filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court alleging that the Modi-led Gujarat government had a complicit role in the 2002 Gujarat riots. He was<span style="color: #993366;"> <a href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/sanjiv-bhatt-dismissed-from-ips/article7558253.ece" rel="noopener" style="color: #993366;" target="_blank">dismissed from service</a></span> by the Ministry of Home Affairs in 2015 on grounds of <em>unauthorised absence from service</em>.</p>.<p><em>Image taken from <a href="https://gulfnews.com/news/asia/india/sanjiv-bhatt-case-supreme-court-seeks-gujarat-government-s-response-1.2282020" rel="noopener" target="_blank">here</a></em></p>
