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SC rejects former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt's plea seeking suspension of sentence in 1996 drug seizure case

The Supreme Court has denied former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt's request to halt his 20-year prison sentence. This sentence stems from a 1996 drug seizure case. Bhatt was found guilty of falsely implicating a lawyer. The court found no grounds to entertain his plea for suspension. Bhatt has been in jail since his arrest in 2018.