In a major setback to suspended IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt, a local court on Tuesday ordered framing of charges against him and six policemen who are accused in a 21-year-old custodial death case.
Mr Bhatt had moved the sessions court opposing framing of charges against him in connection with the case.
The sessions court will frame charges against all the seven accused on October 30 after the Gujarat high court on Tuesday rejected the petitions of six accused policemen challenging the Jamnagar sessions court’s earlier order of dismissing their discharge applications in the case.
While rejecting their pleas, Justice M.R. Shah also directed sessions court to frame charges against the accused within four weeks from Tuesday.
The court also directed the lower court to expedite the trial of this 21-year-old case and further directed the sessions court not to interrupt the trial unless there is any order either from the high court or Supreme Court.