Dispose Bhatt’s revision plea in 6 weeks: HC to Jamnagar court

Bhatt had approached the HC after the concerned sessions court of Jamnagar district had rejected his revision application on the ground of maintainability among others. Bhatt’s lawyer I H Syed said HC has allowed the petition directing the sessions court to condone the delay and dispose of the revision application within six weeks.

The case relates to 1990 when Bhatt was posted as an assistant superintendent of police. One Prabhudas Vaishnani had died after being released from police custody. He was arrested in a riot case along with many others. Following his death,his brother had lodged a complaint against Bhatt and six other police officials holding them responsible for the custodial torture and murder of his brother.

A concerned magisterial court had ordered to initiate criminal proceedings against him on the basis of the complaint.

The state government had challenged the order of the magisterial court by filing a revision application before the sessions court. However,the state government had withdrawn the revision application last year. Following that,Bhatt and other policemen moved a revision petition against the magisterial court’s order.

Though,the concerned sessions court had refused to condone the delay in preferring the petition. Following which,Bhatt had approached the HC challenging the sessions court order.