Overview

• Those convicted include former BJP MLA Nalin Kotadiya, ex-Amreli SP Jagdish Patel and then LCB PI Anant Patel, among others.
• The court sentenced 14 defendants to life imprisonment and acquitted one accused.
• Judges found a conspiracy involving the 2018 abduction of trader Shailesh Bhatt and the extortion of 200 bitcoins valued at about ₹32 crore at the time.
• The prosecution presented 172 witnesses during the ACB special court trial, with many turning hostile, yet the court held the evidence sufficient to convict.
• Court proceedings cited allegations that a CBI inspector took a ₹5 crore bribe and that Amreli police seized bitcoin, and a lawyer for nine convicted policemen said they will appeal in the High Court.