Bhatt case:Order on remand revision plea adjourned till Oct 10

Ahmedabad, Oct 7 (PTI) A local court on Friday adjourned
till October 10 the pronouncement of order on the
maintainability of the remand revision application filed by
western Indian state Gujarat government seeking custody of
arrested IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt.
Principal Sessions Judge G N Patel said he was unable to
complete the order and it would now be pronounced on Monday.
The Gujarat government on October 3 had challenged in the
sessions court a magisterial court order denying remand of the
suspended IPS officer, arrested for allegedly threatening and
forcing a constable to sign a false affidavit.
During the hearing, Bhatt's lawyer I H Sayed had
contended that the revision remand application of the state
government was not maintainable in law.
Sayed had cited a Supreme Court judgement which stated
that granting or rejecting bail was an interlocutory order and
there cannot be revision of that order as per section 397(2)
of the CrPC.
Arguing from the government side, public prosecutor
Pravin Trivedi had stated that the state government has the
right to seek revision of the remand once it is rejected.
Bhatt had on October 4 refused to compromise on a
proposal from a sessions judge that if he went on remand for
three hours the court would later in the day have heard his
bail application. PTI PB
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