Overview
- The Supreme Court rejected Sanjiv Bhatt's bail request in the 1990 custodial death case of Prabhudas Vaishnani, for which Bhatt is serving a life sentence.
- Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta stated there was no merit in Bhatt's plea and directed an expedited hearing of his appeal against the conviction.
- Bhatt argued that no medical evidence directly links the alleged jail assault to Vaishnani's death, but the court found this insufficient to grant bail.
- The case stems from Bhatt's role as Additional Superintendent of Police during communal riots in Jamnagar following LK Advani's Rath Yatra in October 1990.
- Bhatt faces additional legal challenges, including accusations of evidence fabrication in the 2002 Gujarat riots and a 1996 drug-planting case.